LAS VEGAS 2 NW, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(294850) LAS VEGAS 2 NW
From Year=1892 To Year=1983
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
65	1002	849	752	503	277	62	10	20	137	433	743	970	5758
60	847	708	597	355	146	18	1	2	51	283	593	815	4414
57	754	623	505	270	88	7	0	0	25	202	503	722	3700
55	692	567	444	217	61	4	0	0	15	155	444	660	3259
50	538	428	299	113	21	1	0	0	4	70	300	506	2279

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