TUCUMCARI, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(299148) TUCUMCARI
From Year=1909 To Year=1956
Cooling Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
55 2 11 45 161 363 637 774 728 499 209 30 4 3462
57 1 5 28 122 307 577 712 666 442 166 17 2 3045
60 0 2 12 75 227 487 619 573 358 110 5 0 2467
65 0 0 1 25 118 343 464 418 225 42 0 0 1635
70 0 0 0 4 44 208 311 266 109 8 0 0 951
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