SALINAS FAA AIRPORT, CALIFORNIA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(047669) SALINAS FAA AIRPORT
From Year=1878 To Year=2005
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
65	454	362	350	283	205	131	97	78	70	144	288	437	2900
60	301	224	202	145	74	25	9	5	6	43	153	284	1471
57	214	148	124	76	24	4	0	0	1	14	89	197	890
55	161	104	81	43	9	1	0	0	0	6	56	145	605
50	60	28	16	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	11	50	170

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 Apr 5, 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