RESERVE RS, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(297386) HOOD RANGER STN
From Year=1954 To Year=2010
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
65	947	794	717	492	278	62	4	7	96	394	697	926	5413
60	792	653	562	343	144	14	0	0	26	244	547	771	4096
57	699	568	469	257	83	4	0	0	9	166	457	678	3388
55	637	511	408	203	53	2	0	0	4	120	397	616	2952
50	482	371	258	94	14	0	0	0	0	45	254	461	1979

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