MTN CITY RS, NEVADA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(265392) MOUNTAIN CITY R S
From Year=1955 To Year=1999
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
65	1281	1054	1001	744	529	287	113	138	378	689	982	1257	8451
60	1126	912	846	594	377	159	34	50	236	534	832	1102	6800
57	1033	828	753	504	291	99	13	24	163	442	742	1009	5899
55	971	771	691	444	238	70	6	14	123	381	682	947	5336
50	816	630	536	301	126	24	1	3	52	239	532	792	4051

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