BRAZOS LODGE, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(291180) BRAZOS LODGE
From Year=1970 To Year=2008
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
65	1283	1089	964	717	402	186	48	85	319	608	908	1240	7847
60	1128	948	809	567	256	87	6	16	181	453	758	1085	6292
57	1035	863	716	477	180	50	1	2	123	361	668	992	5467
55	973	807	654	417	137	34	0	0	93	301	608	930	4952
50	818	666	500	272	61	11	0	0	38	175	458	775	3772

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