DES MOINES, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(292453) DES MOINES
From Year=1916 To Year=1994
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	2	20	108	320	459	403	216	48	1	0	1579
57	0	0	1	11	75	265	397	342	168	29	1	0	1289
60	0	0	0	3	38	189	306	251	105	12	0	0	903
65	0	0	0	0	8	87	161	115	33	1	0	0	405
70	0	0	0	0	1	26	55	29	5	0	0	0	115

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