RITZVILLE 1 SSE, WASHINGTON

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(457059) RITZVILLE
From Year=1899 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	0	0	1	20	102	238	473	442	212	34	0	0	1522
57	0	0	0	12	75	191	412	382	169	22	0	0	1263
60	0	0	0	5	44	130	324	295	113	10	0	0	921
65	0	0	0	1	15	59	193	168	48	2	0	0	486
70	0	0	0	0	4	21	94	76	14	0	0	0	209

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