MINERAL, CALIFORNIA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(045679) MINERAL
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 1046 893 901 723 526 290 124 149 271 536 814 1005 7278
60 891 752 746 573 374 166 43 55 148 384 664 850 5646
57 798 668 653 483 288 109 20 26 94 298 574 757 4767
55 736 611 591 423 236 79 11 15 67 244 514 695 4222
50 581 470 436 281 128 30 2 3 25 131 365 540 2993
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