ELEPHANT BUTTE DAM, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(292848) ELEPHANT BUTTE DAM
From Year=1908 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	728	524	389	161	29	1	0	0	7	124	452	721	3137
60	573	384	245	72	7	0	0	0	2	50	305	566	2204
57	481	301	171	39	3	0	0	0	1	27	224	473	1720
55	419	248	129	25	2	0	0	0	0	17	176	412	1428
50	272	132	54	7	0	0	0	0	0	5	85	265	820

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