PRINEVILLE, OREGON

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(356883) PRINEVILLE 4 NW
From Year=1897 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 1028 816 770 584 402 216 79 104 265 524 774 994 6557
60 873 675 615 436 260 106 22 34 143 372 624 839 4999
57 780 590 522 348 185 59 7 14 88 284 534 746 4158
55 718 534 461 293 141 37 3 7 60 229 474 684 3640
50 564 394 310 167 58 7 0 0 18 116 328 529 2492
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