ELEPHANT BUTTE DAM, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(292848) ELEPHANT BUTTE DAM
From Year=1908 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	1	6	51	191	441	703	790	726	527	243	25	1	3705
57	0	2	31	145	380	643	728	664	468	191	13	0	3266
60	0	1	12	87	292	553	635	571	379	121	4	0	2655
65	0	0	1	27	158	404	480	416	234	41	0	0	1761
70	0	0	0	4	60	258	326	263	107	7	0	0	1025

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