MESQUITE, NEVADA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(265085) MESQUITE
From Year=1942 To Year=2006
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
65 597 421 264 83 9 1 0 0 0 50 356 588 2368
60 442 282 140 32 1 0 0 0 0 14 217 433 1560
57 349 201 84 16 0 0 0 0 0 5 142 340 1137
55 289 152 55 9 0 0 0 0 0 2 100 278 886
50 151 62 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 139 397
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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