DESERT RESORTS RGNL AP, CALIFORNIA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(048892) THERMAL FAA AIRPORT
From Year=1950 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 66 132 289 475 725 927 1124 1096 896 598 213 55 6594
57 40 95 233 416 663 867 1062 1034 836 536 165 31 5977
60 16 52 158 330 570 777 969 941 746 444 103 11 5117
65 3 14 65 197 416 627 814 786 596 296 34 1 3849
70 0 3 17 92 269 477 659 631 447 164 6 0 2764
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