FORT BIDWELL, CALIFORNIA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(043157) FORT BIDWELL
From Year=1948 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	1087	860	779	576	366	168	34	49	182	466	797	1051	6415
60	932	719	624	427	229	77	7	12	87	316	647	896	4973
57	839	634	531	339	160	43	2	5	52	235	557	803	4199
55	777	578	469	284	121	27	1	2	35	186	497	741	3718
50	622	437	318	163	50	6	0	0	11	92	350	586	2636

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