LAS VEGAS FAA AIRPORT, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(294856) LAS VEGAS FAA AIRPORT
From Year=1941 To Year=2003
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
65	1026	848	786	521	278	64	12	24	140	426	751	985	5861
60	871	707	631	373	150	18	1	3	55	277	601	830	4518
57	778	623	539	289	93	7	0	1	29	199	511	737	3806
55	716	566	478	238	64	4	0	0	19	155	452	675	3367
50	562	427	331	134	23	1	0	0	6	75	312	521	2392

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