DEATH VALLEY, CALIFORNIA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(042319) DEATH VALLEY
From Year=1961 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	41	154	392	621	957	1205	1451	1390	1076	692	232	28	8238
57	24	112	333	561	895	1145	1389	1328	1016	630	183	15	7630
60	10	62	249	472	802	1055	1296	1235	926	537	120	6	6769
65	1	16	130	329	647	905	1141	1080	776	386	46	1	5459
70	0	3	53	202	494	755	986	925	626	246	12	0	4301

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