NEW BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(195246) NEW BEDFORD
From Year=1893 To Year=2002
Cooling Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
55	0	0	1	13	120	343	538	502	296	91	11	1	1916
57	0	0	1	8	85	286	476	440	242	64	6	0	1607
60	0	0	0	3	46	205	383	348	169	33	2	0	1190
65	0	0	0	1	14	97	232	202	75	8	0	0	628
70	0	0	0	0	3	33	103	87	23	1	0	0	249

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