GILA BEND, ARIZONA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(023393) GILA BEND
From Year=1892 To Year=2006
Cooling Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
55	54	114	257	447	718	963	1193	1147	946	609	224	57	6729
57	31	79	204	388	656	903	1131	1085	886	548	176	33	6120
60	11	40	135	302	563	813	1038	992	796	456	113	11	5272
65	1	8	53	175	410	663	883	837	646	310	40	1	4027
70	0	1	14	77	265	513	728	682	496	181	8	0	2966

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 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