VIRGIN VALLEY, NEVADA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(262394) VIRGIN VALLEY
From Year=1959 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	1142	920	851	667	403	178	41	64	273	590	900	1174	7201
60	987	779	696	517	263	89	10	19	151	436	750	1019	5716
57	894	694	603	428	191	51	3	8	98	345	660	926	4901
55	832	637	541	370	148	34	1	4	70	288	600	864	4389
50	677	496	388	234	67	9	0	0	27	167	450	709	3225

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