FT HANCOCK 8 SSE, TEXAS

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(413266) FORT HANCOCK 5 SSE
From Year=1966 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
65 672 472 317 114 12 0 0 0 9 111 405 676 2787
60 517 332 184 46 2 0 0 0 3 45 263 521 1914
57 425 253 121 26 1 0 0 0 2 25 189 429 1469
55 364 204 88 17 0 0 0 0 1 16 146 368 1205
50 222 104 34 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 68 226 664
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