DEATH VALLEY, CALIFORNIA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(042319) DEATH VALLEY
From Year=1961 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 41 155 388 617 946 1196 1438 1380 1065 692 226 28 8170
57 24 113 329 558 884 1136 1376 1318 1005 630 177 16 7564
60 10 64 245 469 791 1046 1283 1225 915 538 115 6 6704
65 1 17 127 326 636 896 1128 1070 765 387 44 1 5397
70 0 3 51 199 484 746 973 915 615 246 11 0 4242
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