ELK, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(292865) ELK 2 E
From Year=1895 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 1 8 47 188 396 461 414 246 64 4 0 1829
57 0 0 4 27 139 336 399 352 191 38 1 0 1488
60 0 0 1 11 79 249 306 259 118 13 0 0 1035
65 0 0 0 1 20 118 154 113 32 1 0 0 439
70 0 0 0 0 3 35 38 18 3 0 0 0 97
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

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