SANTA CRUZ IS-SCORPION, wr

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(967802) SANTA CRUZ IS-SCORPION
From Year=1984 To Year=2004
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
65 366 259 131 230 154 46 27 -99 48 -99 129 353 -99
60 211 126 31 89 46 1 1 -99 11 -99 35 204 -99
57 128 61 7 31 12 0 0 -99 6 -99 11 119 -99
55 86 32 2 11 2 0 0 -99 4 -99 5 67 -99
50 21 4 0 0 0 0 0 -99 0 -99 0 2 -99
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 Sep 17, 2007
Months with 5 or more missing days are not considered
Years with 1 or more missing months are not considered

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