NEEDLES AP, CALIFORNIA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(046118) NEEDLES FAA AIRPORT
From Year=1948 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	372	216	114	28	2	0	0	0	0	12	140	372	1256
60	225	108	44	7	0	0	0	0	0	3	60	223	670
57	150	61	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	31	146	413
55	109	39	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	103	283
50	40	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	34	89

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

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