RUIDOSO 2 NNE, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(297649) RUIDOSO 2 NNE
From Year=1942 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
65 962 824 765 544 330 106 41 65 202 487 750 945 6020
60 807 683 610 395 188 31 3 7 80 333 600 790 4527
57 714 598 517 308 117 11 0 1 36 244 510 697 3753
55 652 542 455 252 80 5 0 0 19 189 451 635 3279
50 497 401 305 130 22 0 0 0 3 81 304 481 2225
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