PICACHO, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(296804) PICACHO 2 WSW
From Year=1980 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	4	23	114	306	526	604	554	367	132	13	2	2646
57	0	2	13	79	249	466	542	492	309	91	5	1	2247
60	0	0	4	40	169	376	449	399	223	43	1	0	1705
65	0	0	0	9	68	230	294	245	97	7	0	0	950
70	0	0	0	1	18	103	143	103	21	1	0	0	388

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