PICACHO, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(296804) PICACHO 2 WSW
From Year=1980 To Year=2012
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
65 740 597 481 254 77 3 0 1 32 229 521 768 3703
60 585 456 330 135 23 0 0 0 8 110 372 613 2632
57 492 373 245 84 10 0 0 0 4 65 286 521 2079
55 431 320 193 59 5 0 0 0 2 44 233 460 1747
50 282 197 92 22 1 0 0 0 1 15 125 314 1047
Heating Degree Day units are computed as the difference between the base temperature and the daily average temperature. (Base Temp. - Daily Ave. Temp.) One unit is accumulated for each degree Fahrenheit the average temperature is below the base temperature. Negative numbers are discarded. Example: If the days high temperature was 65 and the low temperature was 31, the base 50 heating degree day units is 50 - ((65 + 31) / 2) = 2. This is done for each day of the month and summed.
Table updated on Oct 31, 2012
Months with 5 or more missing days are not considered
Years with 1 or more missing months are not considered

Western Regional Climate Center, wrcc@dri.edu