TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCE AP, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(299129) HOT SPRINGS CAA AIRPORT
From Year=1951 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
65 750 570 435 190 44 1 0 0 13 151 487 754 3394
60 595 429 289 90 13 0 0 0 3 66 339 600 2425
57 502 346 213 53 6 0 0 0 1 37 255 507 1921
55 441 293 169 35 3 0 0 0 1 24 205 446 1617
50 293 176 81 10 0 0 0 0 0 7 106 298 972
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