TACOMA #1, WASHINGTON

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(458278) TACOMA 1
From Year=1982 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	0	4	24	99	209	345	351	196	43	3	0	1275
57	0	0	1	13	65	154	283	289	142	22	1	0	970
60	0	0	0	4	31	85	192	197	75	6	0	0	590
65	0	0	0	0	6	23	67	69	14	0	0	0	179
70	0	0	0	0	1	4	13	11	1	0	0	0	29

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