INDEPENDENCE, CALIFORNIA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(044232) INDEPENDENCE
From Year=1893 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	746	571	434	236	79	12	0	0	15	163	478	738	3473
60	591	431	288	129	32	3	0	0	3	75	331	583	2465
57	499	348	210	83	16	1	0	0	1	43	248	491	1939
55	437	294	165	59	9	0	0	0	0	29	198	430	1621
50	289	172	78	21	2	0	0	0	0	9	96	281	946

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