TAHOE, CALIFORNIA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(048758) TAHOE
From Year=1914 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 1122 983 978 787 580 339 135 147 315 599 864 1063 7912
60 967 841 823 637 426 201 42 49 176 444 714 908 6227
57 874 757 730 547 335 133 16 20 109 352 624 815 5311
55 812 700 668 487 277 96 8 10 76 293 564 753 4744
50 657 559 513 339 152 36 1 2 27 161 414 598 3459
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

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