OCHOA, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(296281) OCHOA
From Year=1942 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 6 19 103 242 515 747 786 763 549 279 53 6 4069
57 3 10 74 195 455 687 724 701 490 227 33 3 3602
60 1 3 40 131 366 597 631 608 402 156 15 1 2952
65 0 0 9 52 226 447 477 453 260 64 2 0 1991
70 0 0 0 11 111 299 323 299 136 16 0 0 1194
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