BODIE, CALIFORNIA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(040943) BODIE
From Year=1964 To Year=2006
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
65 1305 1150 1145 939 702 446 286 317 510 785 1043 1294 9922
60 1150 1009 990 789 547 299 145 171 361 630 893 1139 8122
57 1057 924 897 699 454 216 81 100 273 537 803 1046 7086
55 995 868 835 639 393 165 51 64 217 475 743 984 6428
50 840 727 680 489 249 69 11 16 103 323 593 829 4928
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 Jul 28, 2006
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