STAR LAKE, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(298524) STAR LAKE
From Year=1922 To Year=2008
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
65 1225 954 833 571 314 77 4 15 152 509 864 1187 6705
60 1070 813 678 421 177 23 0 1 60 355 714 1032 5344
57 977 728 586 333 112 9 0 0 29 267 624 939 4605
55 915 672 524 276 80 4 0 0 17 213 564 877 4142
50 760 531 371 154 28 0 0 0 4 106 415 722 3091
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