HALE CTR, TEXAS

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(413862) HALE CENTER
From Year=1897 To Year=1957
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
65 722 663 436 216 34 8 1 0 15 191 490 733 3508
60 567 526 294 107 6 3 0 0 3 103 347 579 2533
57 475 446 222 63 2 1 0 0 1 67 270 486 2032
55 416 393 181 42 1 0 0 0 0 49 223 425 1729
50 278 270 101 10 0 0 0 0 0 18 130 282 1090
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