ARTESIA 6S, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(290600) ARTESIA 6 S
From Year=1905 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	5	15	61	201	449	682	769	726	494	214	31	3	3651
57	3	10	40	157	389	622	707	664	436	166	18	2	3215
60	1	6	19	100	302	532	614	571	350	106	7	1	2609
65	0	4	4	35	171	383	460	416	214	38	1	0	1725
70	0	4	0	7	70	240	306	263	99	7	0	0	996

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