MAGDALENA, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(295353) MAGDALENA
From Year=1914 To Year=1993
Cooling Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
55 0 0 3 35 178 427 516 448 272 66 2 0 1946
57 0 0 1 20 132 367 454 386 217 40 0 0 1618
60 0 0 0 7 75 280 361 293 141 15 0 0 1173
65 0 0 0 1 19 151 210 145 48 2 0 0 576
70 0 0 0 0 3 59 80 38 9 0 0 0 189
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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