PAINTED DESERT NP, ARIZONA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(026190) PAINTED DESERT NATL PAR
From Year=1973 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	8	40	216	474	651	581	361	112	5	0	2450
57	0	0	4	21	167	415	589	519	302	77	2	0	2097
60	0	0	1	6	103	326	496	426	216	38	0	0	1613
65	0	0	0	0	34	186	341	272	94	7	0	0	934
70	0	0	0	0	6	74	187	124	24	1	0	0	417

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