SANDIA RS, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(298873) TIJERAS RANGER STN
From Year=1910 To Year=1962
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 0 11 93 332 487 406 211 23 0 0 1564
57 0 0 0 6 59 274 425 344 159 12 0 0 1279
60 0 0 0 2 25 192 332 252 94 4 0 0 900
65 0 0 0 0 4 81 180 106 26 0 0 0 397
70 0 0 0 0 0 17 57 19 4 0 0 0 97
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

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