POTASH MINE, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(297028) POTASH MINE
From Year=1954 To Year=1968
Cooling Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
55	6	23	95	300	556	760	854	806	603	299	60	12	4376
57	3	15	67	248	494	700	792	744	543	245	37	7	3896
60	1	8	34	175	403	610	699	651	454	169	13	2	3220
65	0	2	8	80	256	461	544	496	306	74	1	0	2229
70	0	0	1	24	128	312	390	343	168	17	0	0	1383

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