ALEMAN RCH, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(290268) ALEMAN RANCH
From Year=1943 To Year=2000
Cooling Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
55 0 2 21 113 330 593 713 650 439 157 9 0 3027
57 0 0 10 77 272 533 651 588 379 113 4 0 2627
60 0 0 2 38 188 443 558 495 292 59 1 0 2076
65 0 0 0 7 76 295 403 340 154 12 0 0 1287
70 0 0 0 0 18 159 249 187 51 0 0 0 665
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

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