WINSTON, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(299806) CHLORIDE RANGER STN
From Year=1949 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	902	732	653	410	201	27	1	7	93	370	676	909	4980
60	747	590	498	264	88	5	0	0	23	221	526	754	3715
57	654	506	405	184	45	1	0	0	8	145	436	661	3045
55	592	450	345	138	28	1	0	0	3	104	377	599	2635
50	437	312	206	57	6	0	0	0	0	39	234	445	1735

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