MAGDALENA, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(295353) MAGDALENA
From Year=1905 To Year=1993
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	4	33	176	423	511	441	263	60	1	0	1913
57	0	0	1	19	130	363	449	379	208	37	0	0	1587
60	0	0	0	7	73	276	357	287	133	14	0	0	1147
65	0	0	0	1	18	147	206	139	43	2	0	0	556
70	0	0	0	0	2	57	78	35	7	0	0	0	179

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