RICHLAND, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(297420) RICHLAND
From Year=1914 To Year=1947
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
65 852 634 525 250 80 5 0 0 32 175 535 778 3866
60 697 492 372 133 28 1 0 0 13 81 387 623 2828
57 604 409 286 84 12 0 0 0 7 47 302 530 2283
55 542 355 233 60 7 0 0 0 5 32 248 469 1952
50 390 227 129 24 2 0 0 0 2 11 131 323 1239
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