GLORIETA RCH, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(293587) GLORIETA RANCH
From Year=1910 To Year=1928
Cooling Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
55	0	7	15	85	300	624	647	600	426	178	19	0	2900
57	0	3	9	59	245	564	585	538	367	132	11	0	2514
60	0	2	4	32	167	475	492	445	281	78	4	0	1979
65	0	1	1	7	71	326	337	290	144	24	0	0	1200
70	0	0	0	0	17	184	186	144	49	5	0	0	585

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