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Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(053629) GROSS RESERVOIR
From Year=1978 To Year=2012
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
65 1116 1058 894 723 497 198 52 99 290 628 845 1153 7552
60 961 916 739 573 348 98 14 32 164 473 695 998 6010
57 868 831 646 484 267 58 6 14 108 382 605 905 5174
55 806 774 584 425 219 39 3 8 78 325 545 843 4649
50 651 633 433 284 120 13 0 2 30 199 399 688 3452
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 Oct 31, 2012
Months with 5 or more missing days are not considered
Years with 1 or more missing months are not considered

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