STATE UNIVERSITY, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(298535) STATE UNIVERSITY
From Year=1959 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	677	499	358	153	25	0	0	0	7	126	431	679	2955
60	522	358	217	65	5	0	0	0	1	49	285	524	2027
57	429	275	147	35	2	0	0	0	0	25	205	432	1550
55	368	224	108	23	1	0	0	0	0	16	158	370	1267
50	222	115	42	7	0	0	0	0	0	4	72	223	685

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