LAKE MALOYA, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(294742) LAKE MALOYA
From Year=1942 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 1219 1059 981 701 445 185 67 106 286 586 904 1166 7704
60 1064 918 826 551 293 75 10 20 148 431 754 1011 6099
57 971 833 733 461 209 37 2 5 87 339 664 918 5258
55 909 777 671 402 159 21 1 2 58 280 604 856 4738
50 754 635 516 260 69 4 0 0 19 154 454 701 3566
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