VERMEJO PARK, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(299448) VERMEJO PARK
From Year=1914 To Year=1981
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
65	1110	926	902	648	432	148	52	95	247	549	824	1066	7000
60	955	784	747	498	281	54	6	17	115	395	674	911	5437
57	863	700	654	409	197	24	1	4	61	306	584	818	4622
55	801	643	592	350	148	14	0	1	37	251	525	756	4119
50	646	502	440	211	61	3	0	0	9	136	378	602	2989

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