GREAT BASIN NATL PARK, NEVADA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(263340) GREAT BASIN NATL PARK
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	1093	933	864	627	369	126	8	19	162	485	836	1075	6597
60	938	791	709	478	238	61	1	4	82	338	686	920	5248
57	845	707	616	392	174	36	0	1	51	259	596	827	4506
55	783	650	555	338	138	24	0	1	36	212	537	765	4038
50	628	509	404	214	69	7	0	0	13	119	392	610	2965

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