CABALLO DAM, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(291286) CABALLO DAM
From Year=1936 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	726	542	402	170	37	1	0	0	9	139	453	718	3197
60	571	401	257	78	10	0	0	0	2	59	307	563	2248
57	478	319	182	45	4	0	0	0	1	32	227	470	1758
55	417	266	140	30	2	0	0	0	1	21	179	409	1463
50	269	150	62	9	0	0	0	0	0	7	87	261	846

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