BERNARDO, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(290915) BERNARDO
From Year=1933 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
65 914 683 531 298 98 13 0 1 41 273 620 902 4374
60 759 542 380 175 39 3 0 0 11 149 471 747 3274
57 666 457 294 117 20 1 0 0 5 96 383 654 2693
55 604 402 242 87 13 0 0 0 3 69 326 592 2338
50 451 271 133 35 4 0 0 0 1 27 197 440 1559
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

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