CHIEF JOSEPH DAM, WASHINGTON

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(451400) CHIEF JOSEPH DAM
From Year=1949 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	0	0	1	27	165	346	575	556	273	33	0	0	1975
57	0	0	0	15	123	289	513	494	221	20	0	0	1675
60	0	0	0	6	74	208	421	402	152	8	0	0	1270
65	0	0	0	1	25	101	274	255	66	1	0	0	722
70	0	0	0	0	6	37	148	132	19	0	0	0	344

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