BELEN, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(290846) BELEN
From Year=1941 To Year=1976
Cooling Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
55	0	1	15	96	311	566	728	651	403	117	1	0	2889
57	0	0	8	64	254	506	666	589	344	80	0	0	2512
60	0	0	3	30	176	416	573	496	258	39	0	0	1990
65	0	0	0	5	70	268	418	341	127	7	0	0	1237
70	0	0	0	0	15	138	263	188	39	1	0	0	644

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