PLACITAS 4 W, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(296911) PLACITAS 4 W
From Year=1992 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	0	0	16	94	282	567	689	621	355	86	3	0	2711
57	0	0	8	62	228	507	627	559	297	55	1	0	2343
60	0	0	2	29	156	417	534	466	214	26	0	0	1842
65	0	0	0	4	73	270	379	311	90	6	0	0	1133
70	0	0	0	0	27	143	225	163	18	1	0	0	576

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