MOUNTAINAIR, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(295965) MOUNTAINAIR
From Year=1914 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 0 0 2 21 142 378 504 433 249 50 0 0 1779
57 0 0 1 11 100 319 442 371 195 28 0 0 1468
60 0 0 0 3 53 235 350 278 121 10 0 0 1050
65 0 0 0 0 11 114 197 131 34 0 0 0 488
70 0 0 0 0 2 35 68 28 4 0 0 0 137
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