SACRAMENTO 5 ESE, CALIFORNIA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(047633) SACRAMENTO 5 ESE
From Year=1877 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
65 573 383 304 179 78 14 1 1 10 86 322 558 2510
60 418 244 166 76 21 1 0 0 1 24 183 403 1537
57 326 166 99 36 6 0 0 0 0 8 113 311 1066
55 266 120 65 18 2 0 0 0 0 4 76 252 802
50 132 40 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 121 328
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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