ALAMOGORDO, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(290199) ALAMOGORDO
From Year=1914 To Year=2006
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
65 683 504 365 141 21 0 0 0 8 124 432 681 2959
60 528 363 226 62 5 0 0 0 2 51 287 526 2051
57 435 282 157 35 2 0 0 0 1 27 208 433 1581
55 375 231 118 23 1 0 0 0 0 17 163 372 1300
50 233 124 50 6 0 0 0 0 0 4 79 230 726
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