PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(046635) PALM SPRINGS
From Year=1906 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	95	157	288	461	696	902	1138	1102	898	631	277	88	6734
57	64	117	234	402	634	842	1076	1040	838	570	224	57	6099
60	33	69	162	318	542	752	983	947	748	478	154	25	5211
65	8	22	74	191	390	602	828	792	598	329	67	4	3906
70	1	4	24	95	249	453	673	637	449	196	21	0	2801

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