LAGUNA, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(294719) LAGUNA
From Year=1905 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
65 977 761 660 393 165 18 1 2 56 332 678 975 5017
60 822 620 505 251 71 3 0 0 15 195 528 820 3830
57 729 535 413 176 37 1 0 0 7 129 438 727 3193
55 667 479 353 134 23 1 0 0 4 94 379 665 2798
50 512 339 216 60 6 0 0 0 1 37 241 511 1922
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