P RCH REFUGE, OREGON

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(356853) P RANCH REFUGE
From Year=1897 To Year=2011
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
65 1049 827 781 586 373 179 49 71 230 509 790 1041 6483
60 894 685 626 438 236 85 12 23 120 359 640 886 5003
57 801 601 533 352 166 48 4 9 75 274 550 793 4206
55 739 544 472 298 125 31 2 4 53 222 491 731 3711
50 584 405 323 177 53 6 0 0 19 117 348 577 2608
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