MAGDALENA, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(295353) MAGDALENA
From Year=1914 To Year=1993
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
65 987 777 675 410 176 24 4 8 81 341 666 910 5060
60 832 635 520 267 77 4 1 1 23 199 516 755 3830
57 739 550 428 190 41 1 0 0 10 131 427 662 3179
55 677 494 368 145 25 0 0 0 5 95 368 600 2777
50 522 355 228 64 6 0 0 0 1 34 231 446 1887
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