SALINAS 2 E, CALIFORNIA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(047668) SALINAS 2 E
From Year=1958 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	416	327	322	268	202	126	85	58	64	131	273	412	2685
60	264	192	176	133	73	23	6	2	5	36	139	259	1309
57	181	120	102	68	23	3	0	0	0	10	78	174	760
55	133	80	64	37	7	0	0	0	0	3	47	126	498
50	45	18	11	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	41	127

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