HATCH 2 W, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(293855) HATCH 2 W
From Year=1931 To Year=2000
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
65	739	559	412	184	41	1	0	0	12	172	486	731	3336
60	584	418	264	83	10	0	0	0	2	74	337	576	2348
57	491	335	187	45	4	0	0	0	1	39	252	483	1835
55	429	281	142	29	2	0	0	0	0	24	199	421	1527
50	280	160	60	7	0	0	0	0	0	6	94	271	878

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