RATON NEAR, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(297281) RATON NEAR
From Year=1914 To Year=1942
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
65 1124 904 814 556 292 70 10 22 138 448 802 1065 6244
60 969 763 659 408 159 20 1 2 55 296 652 910 4893
57 876 678 566 322 99 8 0 0 29 212 562 817 4168
55 814 622 504 267 70 4 0 0 18 163 502 755 3719
50 660 481 354 150 26 2 0 0 6 73 355 600 2707
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