TRUCHAS, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(299113) TRUCHAS
From Year=1914 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	1132	931	955	645	430	128	47	84	190	506	832	1099	6978
60	977	789	800	495	280	46	5	14	76	352	682	944	5461
57	884	704	707	406	197	22	1	4	38	264	592	851	4670
55	822	648	645	348	147	12	0	2	23	209	532	789	4177
50	667	507	490	212	57	2	0	0	5	99	383	634	3056

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 Jul 28, 2006
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