MOUNTAIN PASS, CALIFORNIA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(045890) MOUNTAIN PASS
From Year=1955 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 0 4 24 82 272 545 765 690 459 181 20 1 3042
57 0 1 14 58 224 486 703 628 401 140 11 0 2666
60 0 0 4 31 160 400 610 535 316 89 4 0 2150
65 0 0 0 8 77 263 455 381 188 33 1 0 1406
70 0 0 0 1 28 147 302 235 87 7 0 0 807
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