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=2006
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	39	170	417	677	793	713	498	186	14	1	3514
57	0	2	23	127	357	617	731	651	438	140	7	0	3095
60	0	1	8	75	269	527	638	558	349	84	2	0	2512
65	0	0	1	22	141	378	483	403	208	25	0	0	1660
70	0	0	0	4	52	234	328	249	89	4	0	0	960

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