CORTEZ GOLD MINE, NEVADA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(261975) CORTEZ GOLD MINE
From Year=1968 To Year=1979
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	16	131	349	627	530	239	44	2	0	1941
57	0	0	1	10	97	297	565	469	193	28	1	0	1662
60	0	0	0	4	57	226	473	380	131	12	0	0	1283
65	0	0	0	0	17	125	321	241	54	2	0	0	759
70	0	0	0	0	4	54	180	121	15	0	0	0	374

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 Oct 31, 2012
Months with 5 or more missing days are not considered
Years with 1 or more missing months are not considered

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