COCHITI DAM, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(291982) COCHITI DAM
From Year=1975 To Year=2011
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
65	969	744	598	356	128	9	0	1	42	300	659	953	4758
60	814	602	443	220	54	2	0	0	12	171	509	798	3625
57	721	518	352	153	29	1	0	0	5	112	419	705	3016
55	659	461	294	117	18	0	0	0	3	83	361	643	2640
50	504	322	166	54	5	0	0	0	0	35	228	489	1803

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