QUEMADO, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(297180) QUEMADO
From Year=1915 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 1083 891 816 574 344 101 14 32 163 475 805 1046 6344
60 928 749 661 424 200 31 1 3 58 321 655 891 4922
57 835 664 568 335 128 12 0 1 25 234 565 798 4164
55 773 608 506 278 90 5 0 0 13 181 505 736 3694
50 618 467 354 151 30 0 0 0 2 79 356 581 2639
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