BIG SPRINGS, NEBRASKA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(250865) BIG SPRINGS
From Year=1916 To Year=2012
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 4 35 160 402 618 554 261 54 1 0 2089
57 0 0 2 22 122 346 556 493 213 35 0 0 1790
60 0 0 1 10 75 266 464 401 150 16 0 0 1383
65 0 0 0 2 26 150 312 254 68 3 0 0 815
70 0 0 0 0 6 66 173 125 23 0 0 0 392
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