JORNADA EXP RANGE, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(294426) JORNADA EXP RANGE
From Year=1925 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
65 808 615 482 246 67 3 0 0 17 203 540 804 3786
60 653 474 331 130 20 0 0 0 4 95 391 649 2747
57 560 391 248 80 8 0 0 0 1 53 305 556 2202
55 499 336 198 56 4 0 0 0 1 35 251 494 1873
50 347 208 99 19 1 0 0 0 0 11 136 343 1164
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