SUNNYSIDE, WASHINGTON

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(458207) SUNNYSIDE
From Year=1894 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 4 45 181 348 538 486 241 42 1 0 1887
57 0 0 2 28 138 291 476 424 190 26 1 0 1576
60 0 0 0 13 87 211 384 332 124 11 0 0 1162
65 0 0 0 2 32 105 238 191 47 1 0 0 617
70 0 0 0 0 9 40 119 83 11 0 0 0 262
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