THOREAU, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(298830) THOREAU 5 ENE
From Year=1930 To Year=1992
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
65	1056	851	760	509	264	52	2	11	112	404	751	1012	5784
60	901	710	605	361	140	13	0	1	36	255	601	857	4480
57	808	625	512	276	86	4	0	0	16	179	511	764	3782
55	746	569	450	223	59	2	0	0	9	136	451	702	3348
50	591	427	304	116	18	0	0	0	2	61	306	547	2373

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