ALAMOGORDO 1, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(290200) ALAMOGORDO 1
From Year=1893 To Year=1943
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
65 704 522 391 170 35 1 0 0 9 142 466 703 3143
60 549 382 249 77 10 0 0 0 2 61 321 548 2200
57 457 301 176 43 4 0 0 0 1 33 240 455 1711
55 396 249 135 28 2 0 0 0 0 20 192 395 1417
50 253 136 59 7 1 0 0 0 0 5 97 251 807
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