MERCURY DESERT ROCK AP, NEVADA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(262251) DESERT ROCK WSMO
From Year=1984 To Year=2012
Cooling Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
55 1 11 69 195 461 721 943 894 620 286 38 1 4240
57 0 6 45 152 402 661 881 832 560 234 23 0 3797
60 0 2 21 97 318 572 788 739 471 163 9 0 3180
65 0 0 3 37 192 425 633 584 325 72 1 0 2271
70 0 0 0 9 92 285 478 429 191 22 0 0 1505
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

Western Regional Climate Center, wrcc@dri.edu