WHITE SANDS NATL MON, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(299686) WHITE SANDS NATL MON
From Year=1939 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 5 40 174 417 684 795 718 498 187 14 1 3534
57 0 2 24 131 357 624 733 656 439 141 7 1 3115
60 0 1 9 78 270 534 640 563 350 85 2 0 2531
65 0 0 1 23 142 385 485 408 209 26 0 0 1677
70 0 0 0 4 52 240 330 254 90 5 0 0 974
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