ESPANOLA, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(293031) ESPANOLA
From Year=1914 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 1059 806 675 416 172 20 1 2 81 383 744 1048 5408
60 904 665 520 271 70 3 0 0 23 234 594 893 4177
57 811 581 427 193 35 0 0 0 8 158 504 800 3517
55 749 524 366 147 22 0 0 0 4 117 444 738 3110
50 594 383 222 64 5 0 0 0 0 48 298 583 2197
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