ROCK SPRINGS, WYOMING

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(487840) ROCK SPRINGS
From Year=1898 To Year=1979
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 0 2 49 211 421 351 113 6 0 0 1154
57 0 0 0 1 29 165 360 292 77 2 0 0 926
60 0 0 0 0 10 105 269 205 38 0 0 0 629
65 0 0 0 0 1 36 128 81 7 0 0 0 253
70 0 0 0 0 0 6 31 14 0 0 0 0 52
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