GILA BEND, ARIZONA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(023393) GILA BEND
From Year=1892 To Year=2012
Cooling Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
55	56	114	262	451	722	968	1197	1153	951	612	229	57	6773
57	32	79	209	392	660	908	1135	1091	891	551	180	33	6163
60	12	40	138	306	567	818	1042	998	801	459	117	11	5312
65	1	8	55	178	414	668	887	843	651	313	43	1	4062
70	0	1	14	79	269	518	732	688	502	183	10	0	2996

Cooling Degree Day units are computed as the difference between the daily average temperature and the base temperature. (Daily Ave. Temp. - Base Temp.) One unit is accumulated for each degree Fahrenheit the average temperature is above the base temperature. Negative numbers are discarded. Example: If the days high temperature was 95 and the low temperature was 51, the base 60 heating degree day units is ((95 + 51) / 2) - 60 = 13. This is done for each day of the month and summed.
Table updated on Oct 31, 2012
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