RED RIVER, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(297323) RED RIVER
From Year=1906 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 1378 1170 1087 801 582 319 196 235 401 712 1048 1327 9256
60 1223 1029 932 651 427 175 60 91 253 557 898 1172 7467
57 1130 944 839 561 335 102 17 32 168 464 808 1079 6479
55 1068 887 777 502 275 65 6 12 117 402 748 1017 5877
50 913 746 622 352 139 16 0 0 33 251 598 862 4534
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