BITTER LAKES WR, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(290992) BITTER LAKES WL REFUGE
From Year=1950 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	1	8	49	187	423	672	770	715	483	184	17	2	3512
57	1	4	31	145	364	612	708	653	424	140	9	1	3092
60	0	1	14	90	279	523	615	560	338	84	3	0	2507
65	0	0	2	30	152	374	460	405	203	26	0	0	1653
70	0	0	0	6	59	232	306	252	90	4	0	0	950

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