BITTER LAKES WL REFUGE, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(290992) BITTER LAKES WL REFUGE
From Year=1950 To Year=2006
Cooling Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
55	2	8	47	184	424	666	771	712	484	183	17	1	3500
57	1	4	30	142	365	606	709	650	426	138	9	1	3081
60	0	1	13	88	280	517	616	557	340	83	3	0	2498
65	0	0	2	29	152	369	461	403	205	24	0	0	1646
70	0	0	0	6	58	227	307	250	92	4	0	0	944

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 Jul 28, 2006
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