BOSQUE DEL APACHE, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(291138) BOSQUE DEL APACHE
From Year=1894 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	842	613	459	221	54	3	0	0	18	216	558	842	3826
60	687	472	310	107	15	0	0	0	4	103	409	687	2794
57	594	388	228	62	6	0	0	0	2	59	322	595	2254
55	532	333	179	41	3	0	0	0	1	39	266	533	1927
50	379	205	84	13	1	0	0	0	0	11	146	381	1218

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