CARLSBAD CAVERNS, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(291480) CARLSBAD CAVERNS
From Year=1930 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 20 36 103 258 486 677 734 696 511 290 83 24 3919
57 12 23 75 211 426 617 672 634 453 238 58 15 3433
60 5 11 43 146 338 527 579 541 368 168 29 6 2761
65 0 2 11 65 203 380 424 387 232 77 6 1 1787
70 0 0 1 19 96 239 272 238 114 23 0 0 1002
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

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