GILA HOT SPRINGS, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(293530) GILA HOT SPRINGS
From Year=1915 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	879	705	636	419	213	41	1	2	73	345	646	875	4835
60	724	564	481	271	89	6	0	0	15	197	496	720	3561
57	631	479	388	187	41	1	0	0	4	121	406	627	2884
55	569	423	326	138	22	0	0	0	1	81	346	565	2470
50	414	283	182	49	3	0	0	0	0	23	202	410	1566

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