PALISADE RS, ARIZONA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(026202) PALISADE RANGER STN
From Year=1965 To Year=1981
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
65 944 819 825 593 357 105 54 81 191 464 694 929 6056
60 789 679 670 443 212 38 6 10 78 311 544 774 4554
57 696 594 577 355 141 17 0 1 37 227 454 681 3781
55 634 538 516 298 103 10 0 0 20 178 395 619 3309
50 479 398 368 171 41 1 0 0 3 84 257 464 2266
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