MERCED MUNICIPAL ARPT, CALIFORNIA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(045532) MERCED MUNICIPAL ARPT
From Year=1948 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 5 15 61 173 377 556 738 689 538 294 44 4 3493
57 2 7 36 128 317 497 676 627 478 237 24 2 3030
60 0 1 13 74 232 407 583 534 388 160 8 0 2401
65 0 0 1 22 116 262 428 379 242 63 0 0 1515
70 0 0 0 4 44 139 275 228 117 16 0 0 823
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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