SHELDON, NEVADA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(267443) SHELDON
From Year=1933 To Year=1972
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
65	1220	1055	1066	809	592	384	138	158	339	634	922	1126	8444
60	1065	914	911	659	439	250	51	65	209	480	772	971	6785
57	972	829	818	569	350	181	24	34	146	391	682	878	5875
55	910	773	756	509	295	141	13	22	112	335	622	816	5304
50	755	631	601	365	176	64	2	6	54	212	473	661	4000

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