OROGRANDE, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(296435) OROGRANDE 1 N
From Year=1904 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	2	10	64	212	452	711	800	732	537	254	30	2	3805
57	0	5	41	165	391	651	738	670	477	201	16	0	3355
60	0	1	18	103	302	561	645	577	388	131	5	0	2730
65	0	0	3	34	166	412	490	422	244	44	0	0	1814
70	0	0	0	6	66	266	335	268	117	7	0	0	1064

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