WOLF CANYON, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(299820) WOLF CANYON
From Year=1952 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 1301 1123 1041 786 573 305 167 218 399 706 1005 1263 8887
60 1146 982 886 636 418 163 43 76 250 551 855 1108 7112
57 1053 897 793 546 326 94 11 25 165 458 765 1015 6147
55 991 841 731 486 266 60 3 10 115 396 705 953 5556
50 836 699 576 336 131 14 0 0 34 244 555 798 4225
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