CLAYTON WSO AIRPORT, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(291887) CLAYTON WSO AIRPORT
From Year=1896 To Year=2006
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
65	962	796	702	402	181	27	3	6	80	320	672	927	5078
60	807	654	548	266	91	8	0	1	35	196	523	772	3902
57	714	570	458	197	56	3	0	1	21	138	436	679	3274
55	652	515	401	158	40	2	0	0	15	107	380	617	2885
50	500	380	270	82	15	0	0	0	6	51	254	467	2025

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 Jul 28, 2006
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