EL PASO INTL AP, TEXAS

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(412797) EL PASO WSO AP
From Year=1947 To Year=2012
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
65 629 442 287 92 11 0 0 0 5 83 381 623 2552
60 474 305 165 37 2 0 0 0 1 31 241 469 1725
57 383 229 109 19 1 0 0 0 1 16 170 378 1304
55 323 183 80 12 0 0 0 0 0 10 130 319 1058
50 189 91 30 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 59 187 563
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 Oct 31, 2012
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