MOUNTAIN PARK, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(295960) MOUNTAIN PARK
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	848	710	635	395	187	27	9	19	91	323	619	822	4684
60	693	569	480	250	82	5	0	2	25	183	469	667	3424
57	600	484	388	174	43	1	0	0	10	117	380	574	2771
55	538	428	328	131	26	0	0	0	5	83	322	512	2374
50	384	290	195	57	7	0	0	0	1	30	189	358	1511

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