EL VADO DAM, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(292837) EL VADO DAM
From Year=1906 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 1306 1034 913 656 413 151 21 48 237 570 911 1209 7468
60 1151 893 758 506 263 59 2 7 114 416 761 1054 5984
57 1058 808 665 417 183 29 0 2 62 325 671 961 5180
55 996 751 603 358 137 16 0 0 38 266 611 899 4677
50 841 610 449 221 57 2 0 0 10 140 462 744 3536
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