SANDIA RS, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(298873) TIJERAS RANGER STN
From Year=1910 To Year=1962
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
65 1102 868 779 513 277 53 3 9 124 454 843 1083 6109
60 947 726 624 364 144 13 0 0 42 303 693 928 4786
57 854 642 531 278 85 6 0 0 17 218 603 835 4069
55 792 585 469 224 57 3 0 0 9 167 543 773 3624
50 637 444 318 109 20 1 0 0 1 72 394 618 2615
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