CARLSBAD, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(291469) CARLSBAD
From Year=1900 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	10	24	98	269	512	739	817	784	564	285	52	8	4162
57	6	14	69	218	452	679	755	722	505	232	33	4	3689
60	3	6	36	150	361	589	662	629	417	160	15	1	3029
65	1	1	9	62	220	439	507	475	275	67	3	0	2059
70	1	0	1	15	102	292	353	320	147	18	0	0	1250

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