RINESTINE RCH, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(297451) RINESTINE RANCH
From Year=1968 To Year=1983
Cooling Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
55 1 3 13 95 294 555 695 637 409 145 10 1 2859
57 0 1 7 67 240 495 633 575 354 107 5 0 2486
60 0 0 3 35 164 408 540 482 273 61 2 0 1969
65 0 0 0 7 67 267 386 328 148 16 0 0 1219
70 0 0 0 0 18 141 234 177 55 2 0 0 628
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

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