RODEO, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(297534) RODEO
From Year=1909 To Year=1978
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
65 658 545 394 198 48 1 0 0 4 110 442 648 3047
60 503 404 249 89 15 0 0 0 0 40 292 493 2084
57 410 322 173 48 6 0 0 0 0 17 207 401 1585
55 350 268 130 30 3 0 0 0 0 9 156 340 1286
50 207 151 52 8 0 0 0 0 0 2 59 195 674
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