FORT BRAGG 5 N, CALIFORNIA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(043161) FORT BRAGG 5 N
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	540	461	480	418	356	272	246	231	226	307	411	527	4477
60	385	321	325	269	204	128	98	87	91	161	262	372	2703
57	293	238	233	182	119	53	30	28	34	85	177	280	1753
55	233	184	175	127	70	20	7	9	13	47	127	221	1233
50	104	72	57	27	7	0	0	0	0	4	36	93	401

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

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