FORT BAYARD, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(293265) FORT BAYARD
From Year=1897 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	815	662	588	358	148	15	1	2	40	264	571	799	4265
60	660	521	434	218	58	2	0	0	8	135	421	644	3101
57	567	436	343	146	29	1	0	0	2	80	333	551	2487
55	505	380	285	106	18	0	0	0	1	53	276	489	2113
50	351	245	157	40	4	0	0	0	0	16	152	336	1301

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