CRAIGMONT, IDAHO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(102246) CRAIGMONT
From Year=1950 To Year=1996
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
65	1149	982	855	659	480	279	130	130	321	621	962	1203	7771
60	994	841	700	510	337	160	53	52	196	468	812	1048	6169
57	901	756	607	422	258	103	24	24	137	380	722	955	5287
55	839	700	545	365	209	72	12	13	104	324	662	893	4736
50	684	559	390	231	105	23	1	2	44	195	513	738	3485

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

Western Regional Climate Center, wrcc@dri.edu