TAOS, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(298668) TAOS
From Year=1892 To Year=2010
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
65	1235	956	825	557	314	78	10	21	167	495	841	1182	6681
60	1080	815	670	407	174	23	1	1	63	341	691	1027	5293
57	987	730	577	318	109	9	0	0	29	253	601	934	4548
55	925	674	515	262	76	4	0	0	16	199	541	872	4084
50	770	532	363	140	26	1	0	0	4	93	392	717	3037

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