OWYHEE, NEVADA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(265869) OWYHEE
From Year=1948 To Year=1985
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
65	1188	947	949	690	450	210	33	64	244	550	847	1098	7271
60	1033	806	794	540	309	113	8	24	136	398	697	943	5804
57	940	721	701	452	233	73	3	12	90	313	608	850	4998
55	878	665	639	395	188	52	2	7	67	261	548	788	4491
50	724	525	486	263	100	18	0	1	29	152	403	633	3332

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