CLOUDCROFT, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(291931) CLOUDCROFT
From Year=1987 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	1082	916	877	637	407	202	188	225	334	582	853	1083	7385
60	927	775	722	487	255	79	55	78	185	427	703	928	5621
57	834	690	629	397	171	32	14	24	105	334	613	835	4680
55	772	634	567	338	123	15	4	8	65	273	553	773	4126
50	617	492	412	200	40	1	0	0	11	136	403	618	2932

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