GILA BEND AVIATION, ARIZONA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(023398) GILA BEND AVIATION
From Year=1944 To Year=1966
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
65 399 248 133 26 2 0 0 0 0 11 154 344 1317
60 249 133 54 6 0 0 0 0 0 3 71 199 715
57 171 81 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 39 126 446
55 127 55 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 24 86 307
50 47 16 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 27 98
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