SILVER CITY, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(298324) SILVER CITY
From Year=1901 To Year=1964
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
65	857	701	635	375	151	13	1	1	36	269	609	832	4481
60	702	560	481	234	64	1	0	0	6	142	459	677	3325
57	609	476	388	161	33	0	0	0	2	89	370	584	2713
55	547	420	328	120	20	0	0	0	1	64	311	522	2333
50	393	284	190	50	5	0	0	0	0	23	179	369	1494

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