SALT FLAT, TEXAS

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(417920) SALT FLAT
From Year=1978 To Year=1998
Cooling Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
55 1 14 71 224 500 740 816 744 528 251 36 3 3928
57 0 7 46 177 438 680 754 682 469 198 20 1 3473
60 0 2 21 114 347 590 661 589 381 126 7 0 2838
65 0 0 3 41 204 440 506 434 239 38 0 0 1905
70 0 0 0 8 91 294 351 281 116 4 0 0 1144
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