PAYSON RS, ARIZONA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(026320) PAYSON RANGER STN
From Year=1893 To Year=1974
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	18	107	321	562	511	314	64	1	0	1899
57	0	0	0	9	69	264	500	449	256	37	0	0	1585
60	0	0	0	3	30	185	407	357	175	13	0	0	1169
65	0	0	0	0	4	81	253	205	65	1	0	0	610
70	0	0	0	0	1	25	112	71	11	0	0	0	220

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