ALAMOGORDO, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(290199) ALAMOGORDO
From Year=1914 To Year=2006
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
65	683	504	365	141	21	0	0	0	8	124	432	681	2959
60	528	363	226	62	5	0	0	0	2	51	287	526	2051
57	435	282	157	35	2	0	0	0	1	27	208	433	1581
55	375	231	118	23	1	0	0	0	0	17	163	372	1300
50	233	124	50	6	0	0	0	0	0	4	79	230	726

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 Jul 28, 2006
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