TULAROSA, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(299165) TULAROSA
From Year=1909 To Year=2012
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
65 693 522 381 167 33 1 0 0 10 142 444 703 3096
60 538 381 239 76 9 0 0 0 2 62 298 548 2153
57 445 299 167 44 4 0 0 0 1 34 218 456 1667
55 384 247 127 29 2 0 0 0 0 22 171 395 1376
50 241 134 54 8 0 0 0 0 0 6 82 250 775
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