LOS LUNAS 3 SSW, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(295150) LOS LUNAS 3 SSW
From Year=1923 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	943	706	558	310	100	6	0	0	34	286	644	930	4517
60	788	564	404	176	34	0	0	0	7	153	494	775	3397
57	695	480	315	113	16	0	0	0	2	95	405	683	2803
55	633	423	259	80	9	0	0	0	1	66	346	621	2438
50	478	287	139	29	2	0	0	0	0	22	209	466	1632

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