SANDIA CREST, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(298011) SANDIA CREST
From Year=1953 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 1396 1238 1243 946 664 345 253 333 483 770 1067 1318 10056
60 1241 1097 1088 796 509 205 113 182 333 615 917 1163 8258
57 1148 1012 995 706 416 135 53 104 246 522 827 1070 7233
55 1086 955 933 646 356 97 27 62 191 460 767 1008 6588
50 931 814 778 496 215 36 3 9 81 308 617 853 5141
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