OAK CREEK CANYON, ARIZONA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(026037) OAK CREEK CANYON
From Year=1982 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 0 1 12 65 229 443 603 563 379 135 14 0 2444
57 0 0 6 41 178 383 541 501 320 94 7 0 2071
60 0 0 2 16 111 296 448 408 234 49 2 0 1565
65 0 0 0 2 37 160 294 254 106 10 0 0 862
70 0 0 0 0 7 61 145 111 26 1 0 0 351
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