TURQUOISE, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(299193) TURQUOISE
From Year=1954 To Year=1996
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
65	1034	787	695	527	244	33	2	0	86	447	712	1007	5572
60	879	647	540	379	123	4	0	0	20	297	562	852	4301
57	786	563	447	295	68	1	0	0	6	214	472	759	3609
55	724	507	385	242	41	0	0	0	3	166	412	697	3175
50	569	367	233	125	7	0	0	0	1	74	267	542	2184

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