TUCUMCARI, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(299148) TUCUMCARI
From Year=1909 To Year=1956
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
65 805 613 494 229 76 6 0 0 34 200 487 778 3723
60 650 473 350 129 31 1 0 0 16 114 342 623 2730
57 558 392 274 87 18 0 0 0 11 77 263 532 2212
55 497 341 228 66 12 0 0 0 8 57 216 472 1898
50 352 226 136 29 4 0 0 0 3 25 124 330 1228
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