RAMON 8 SW, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(297254) RAMON 8 SW
From Year=1957 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	861	701	578	327	114	8	1	2	46	276	606	856	4375
60	706	560	425	195	42	1	0	0	14	150	457	701	3251
57	613	476	336	131	21	0	0	0	7	96	370	608	2658
55	551	420	280	98	12	0	0	0	4	69	315	547	2298
50	399	288	161	42	2	0	0	0	1	28	194	397	1513

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