LOS LUNAS, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(295147) LOS LUNAS
From Year=1892 To Year=1958
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	7	75	257	515	679	592	346	65	0	0	2538
57	0	0	3	47	203	456	617	530	288	41	0	0	2186
60	0	0	1	19	130	366	524	437	203	18	0	0	1698
65	0	0	0	2	40	222	369	283	84	2	0	0	1002
70	0	0	0	0	5	98	215	136	18	0	0	0	474

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