FT BAYARD, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(293265) FORT BAYARD
From Year=1897 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
65 808 658 579 351 142 14 1 2 39 261 566 794 4214
60 653 517 424 211 56 2 0 0 8 132 417 639 3059
57 560 433 334 141 28 1 0 0 2 78 329 546 2450
55 498 377 277 102 17 0 0 0 1 53 273 484 2080
50 345 242 152 39 4 0 0 0 0 16 150 331 1279
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