BLUEWATER 3 WSW, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(291080) BLUEWATER 3 WSW
From Year=1896 To Year=1959
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
65	1156	931	830	543	319	75	11	23	168	505	857	1123	6541
60	1001	790	675	394	180	20	1	1	63	351	707	968	5152
57	908	706	582	306	116	7	0	0	28	262	617	875	4408
55	846	649	521	250	82	3	0	0	16	207	557	813	3944
50	691	508	367	129	30	0	0	0	3	95	408	659	2889

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