ABIQUIU DAM, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(290041) ABIQUIU DAM
From Year=1957 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	1092	863	717	479	218	37	2	5	93	392	738	1041	5678
60	937	722	562	331	109	9	0	0	30	247	588	886	4421
57	844	637	469	248	65	3	0	0	14	172	498	793	3744
55	782	580	408	198	44	1	0	0	8	130	438	731	3321
50	627	439	263	99	14	0	0	0	2	58	293	576	2372

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