FRUITLAND, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(293340) FRUITLAND 2 E
From Year=1893 To Year=2010
Cooling Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
55 0 0 3 35 184 427 627 565 304 60 1 0 2206
57 0 0 1 20 138 368 565 503 248 38 0 0 1881
60 0 0 0 7 81 282 472 410 170 16 0 0 1438
65 0 0 0 0 22 151 317 257 67 2 0 0 817
70 0 0 0 0 3 56 168 116 15 0 0 0 358
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