WASTE ISOL PILOT PLT, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(299569) WASTE ISOLTN PILOT PLT
From Year=1986 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 7 30 125 306 573 800 865 823 597 334 71 10 4541
57 3 18 91 255 511 740 803 761 538 279 48 5 4051
60 0 7 50 183 420 650 710 668 449 201 24 1 3364
65 0 1 13 85 275 500 555 513 303 96 4 0 2346
70 0 0 1 26 150 352 401 359 168 30 0 0 1487
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