SIDNEY MUNI AP, NEBRASKA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(257835) SIDNEY 3 S
From Year=1948 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 1257 1012 943 611 326 85 9 19 181 511 908 1172 7032
60 1102 871 788 465 200 35 2 5 100 364 758 1017 5705
57 1009 786 695 381 139 18 1 2 66 285 668 924 4974
55 947 730 634 328 106 12 0 1 49 236 608 862 4513
50 792 589 485 211 46 3 0 0 22 137 461 707 3455
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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