WHITE SIGNAL, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(299691) WHITE SIGNAL
From Year=1942 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
65 854 687 607 371 143 14 2 4 65 310 620 847 4524
60 699 545 453 229 54 2 0 0 18 171 470 692 3333
57 606 461 362 155 24 1 0 0 7 106 381 599 2701
55 544 404 302 113 14 0 0 0 3 74 322 537 2314
50 390 266 171 42 2 0 0 0 0 25 188 383 1467
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

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