RATON FILTER PLANT, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(297279) RATON FILTER PLANT
From Year=1953 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 1016 864 806 550 294 79 12 25 146 418 741 979 5929
60 861 723 651 402 167 27 1 4 65 274 591 824 4590
57 768 638 559 318 111 12 0 1 38 199 502 731 3877
55 706 582 498 266 81 7 0 0 26 158 443 670 3437
50 552 443 352 159 33 1 0 0 11 80 307 515 2452
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

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