DESERT NATL WL RANGE, NEVADA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(262243) DESERT GAME RANGE
From Year=1940 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	9	53	190	447	693	914	855	601	276	38	2	4078
57	1	4	34	146	387	633	852	793	541	223	21	1	3635
60	0	1	15	91	301	543	759	700	452	151	7	0	3020
65	0	0	2	31	174	396	604	545	305	62	1	0	2120
70	0	0	0	6	76	256	449	390	172	16	0	0	1365

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