LAS CRUCES, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(294799) LAS CRUCES
From Year=1897 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	645	513	345	111	29	0	0	0	3	95	442	660	2844
60	490	372	205	42	7	0	0	0	0	39	294	505	1953
57	397	288	135	19	2	0	0	0	0	21	213	413	1488
55	337	236	99	11	1	0	0	0	0	13	163	352	1212
50	200	129	38	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	71	209	656

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