BODIE, CALIFORNIA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(040943) BODIE
From Year=1895 To Year=2012
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
65	1323	1164	1165	940	707	445	280	327	514	795	1043	1298	10002
60	1168	1023	1010	790	552	298	141	181	364	640	893	1143	8203
57	1075	938	917	700	460	215	78	107	276	547	803	1050	7167
55	1013	882	855	640	398	166	49	70	221	485	743	988	6509
50	858	740	700	490	255	71	10	17	106	332	593	833	5007

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