VALLEY OF FIRE SP, NEVADA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(268588) VALLEY OF FIRE ST PK
From Year=1972 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
65 529 358 223 78 10 1 0 0 1 35 260 534 2028
60 374 223 113 30 2 0 0 0 0 10 145 379 1278
57 284 153 65 13 1 0 0 0 0 4 92 288 900
55 227 113 42 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 65 229 684
50 108 44 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 107 291
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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