QUEMADO LAKE, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(297191) QUEMADO LAKE
From Year=1986 To Year=1993
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
65 1156 916 885 618 448 177 67 120 266 526 899 1134 7212
60 1001 775 730 468 294 73 3 19 121 371 749 979 5582
57 908 690 637 378 205 32 0 4 54 278 659 886 4731
55 846 633 575 319 151 17 0 0 26 216 599 824 4207
50 691 491 420 179 52 4 0 0 3 93 449 669 3051
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