ELGIN, NEVADA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(262557) ELGIN
From Year=1951 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	741	591	467	282	100	14	0	0	13	176	508	773	3664
60	586	450	317	160	42	3	0	0	2	86	360	618	2624
57	493	366	234	105	22	1	0	0	1	52	276	525	2076
55	431	313	185	76	13	1	0	0	0	37	226	463	1744
50	281	187	88	30	2	0	0	0	0	14	120	311	1031

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