EL MIRAGE FIELD, CALIFORNIA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(042771) EL MIRAGE FIELD
From Year=1971 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 1 6 35 108 301 535 726 695 485 212 22 1 3128
57 0 3 20 77 249 476 664 633 426 164 11 0 2725
60 0 0 7 43 178 389 571 540 340 104 3 0 2176
65 0 0 1 12 86 251 417 385 207 39 0 0 1398
70 0 0 0 2 31 135 266 239 99 9 0 0 781
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

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