LAKE ALICE NEAR, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(294728) LAKE ALICE NEAR
From Year=1909 To Year=1941
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
65	1161	1072	764	653	374	73	4	28	191	428	705	1152	6606
60	1006	932	609	503	227	13	0	3	77	275	555	997	5197
57	913	848	516	413	156	0	0	0	46	188	465	904	4449
55	851	792	454	353	118	0	0	0	27	139	405	842	3981
50	696	652	299	210	47	0	0	0	1	66	255	687	2913

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