LOS ALAMOS, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(295084) LOS ALAMOS
From Year=1942 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 1108 916 826 560 303 73 15 36 158 474 815 1075 6359
60 953 775 671 411 173 24 1 4 64 322 665 920 4983
57 860 690 578 325 113 10 0 1 34 238 575 827 4251
55 798 634 516 271 82 5 0 0 21 189 515 765 3796
50 643 493 366 156 31 0 0 0 6 96 367 610 2767
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