SALINAS, CALIFORNIA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(047668) SALINAS 2 E
From Year=1958 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	26	35	51	72	117	182	236	268	267	207	77	23	1559
57	13	19	28	43	72	125	174	206	207	151	48	10	1094
60	3	6	10	19	30	56	86	115	122	84	20	2	554
65	0	0	1	5	6	10	12	20	34	25	4	0	117
70	0	0	0	1	1	3	2	2	8	7	0	0	24

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