ALAMOGORDO 1, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(290200) ALAMOGORDO 1
From Year=1893 To Year=1943
Cooling Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
55	3	10	56	181	422	682	747	699	519	228	26	2	3575
57	1	5	35	136	362	622	685	637	460	179	15	1	3139
60	0	2	15	81	275	532	592	544	371	114	6	0	2532
65	0	0	2	23	146	383	438	389	227	40	1	0	1648
70	0	0	0	3	53	237	283	236	101	9	0	0	923

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