LAKE AVALON, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(294736) LAKE AVALON
From Year=1914 To Year=1979
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
65 702 510 361 119 22 1 0 0 17 133 440 657 2962
60 549 373 230 53 7 0 0 0 7 59 295 503 2077
57 459 297 167 30 3 0 0 0 3 34 218 413 1624
55 402 248 132 20 2 0 0 0 2 22 173 354 1355
50 269 145 67 6 0 0 0 0 0 8 87 221 802
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