TRUCHAS, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(299113) TRUCHAS
From Year=1909 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	1160	956	955	660	426	146	57	89	216	532	834	1141	7172
60	1005	815	800	510	277	55	7	17	94	378	684	986	5628
57	912	730	707	421	196	25	1	5	50	289	594	893	4823
55	850	673	645	362	148	13	0	2	32	234	534	831	4325
50	695	532	491	224	60	1	0	0	10	119	386	676	3195

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