PRAIRIEVIEW, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(297054) PRAIRIEVIEW
From Year=1911 To Year=1950
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
65	760	649	542	264	64	5	1	0	41	210	510	856	3902
60	605	507	395	149	25	0	1	0	18	111	361	701	2873
57	513	423	313	98	13	0	0	0	10	68	277	608	2323
55	453	367	262	72	9	0	0	0	6	46	228	546	1988
50	313	234	158	26	1	0	0	0	2	13	127	391	1265

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