ELGIN 5 N, ARIZONA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(022797) ELGIN 5 N
From Year=1912 To Year=1970
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
65 733 -99 508 250 136 29 -99 -99 -99 -99 442 789 -99
60 578 -99 359 118 52 5 -99 -99 -99 -99 292 634 -99
57 485 -99 270 58 31 0 -99 -99 -99 -99 210 541 -99
55 423 -99 214 33 23 0 -99 -99 -99 -99 163 479 -99
50 272 -99 94 4 8 0 -99 -99 -99 -99 62 324 -99
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