ELKO RGNL AP, NEVADA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(262573) ELKO WB AIRPORT
From Year=1888 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	1276	991	856	614	389	154	17	38	229	560	890	1208	7223
60	1121	850	701	465	248	73	4	9	120	407	741	1053	5792
57	1028	765	608	377	177	42	1	3	74	319	651	960	5005
55	966	709	546	320	136	27	1	1	51	263	591	898	4511
50	811	568	393	192	61	7	0	0	18	144	443	743	3380

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