STATE UNIVERSITY, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(298535) STATE UNIVERSITY
From Year=1959 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 8 66 201 447 697 810 743 538 242 29 1 3782
57 0 3 42 153 386 637 748 681 478 189 15 0 3332
60 0 1 17 91 296 547 655 588 389 120 5 0 2709
65 0 0 1 26 160 397 500 433 244 41 0 0 1804
70 0 0 0 4 62 250 345 279 116 7 0 0 1063
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