BURRUS RCH, ARIZONA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(021101) BURRUS RANCH
From Year=1943 To Year=1968
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
65 1111 902 831 568 334 101 6 26 131 448 813 1036 6307
60 956 761 676 419 197 36 0 3 46 297 663 881 4934
57 863 676 583 332 132 16 0 1 21 214 573 788 4199
55 801 620 521 277 98 9 0 0 12 166 513 726 3742
50 646 478 368 157 40 1 0 0 2 76 364 571 2704
Heating Degree Day units are computed as the difference between the base temperature and the daily average temperature. (Base Temp. - Daily Ave. Temp.) One unit is accumulated for each degree Fahrenheit the average temperature is below the base temperature. Negative numbers are discarded. Example: If the days high temperature was 65 and the low temperature was 31, the base 50 heating degree day units is 50 - ((65 + 31) / 2) = 2. 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