RANKIN, TEXAS

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(417431) RANKIN
From Year=1948 To Year=1984
Cooling Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
55 19 38 174 369 578 755 856 805 603 352 110 26 4684
57 11 25 135 314 517 695 794 743 544 295 80 15 4167
60 4 12 86 235 426 605 701 650 455 217 44 5 3438
65 0 2 32 121 281 455 546 495 311 109 10 0 2361
70 0 0 6 44 153 307 391 341 181 41 0 0 1465
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