AMARILLO INTL AP, TEXAS

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(410211) AMARILLO WB AIRPORT
From Year=1948 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 1 6 38 135 342 594 733 680 440 177 22 2 3169
57 0 3 25 102 287 534 671 618 383 137 13 1 2775
60 0 1 12 62 212 445 578 526 301 88 5 0 2229
65 0 0 2 21 109 301 423 372 177 32 0 0 1437
70 0 0 0 4 43 171 271 224 80 6 0 0 799
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