COCHITI DAM, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(291982) COCHITI DAM
From Year=1975 To Year=2011
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	6	63	245	525	656	589	368	97	3	0	2551
57	0	0	3	39	193	465	594	527	310	65	1	0	2196
60	0	0	0	16	125	376	501	434	227	30	0	0	1710
65	0	0	0	2	44	233	347	280	107	4	0	0	1016
70	0	0	0	0	10	110	196	134	30	0	0	0	480

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