PANHANDLE, TEXAS

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(416785) PANHANDLE
From Year=1911 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	899	714	539	262	86	8	1	1	41	222	554	865	4192
60	744	573	394	154	36	2	0	0	17	122	409	710	3161
57	651	490	314	106	20	0	0	0	9	80	329	618	2617
55	590	436	265	80	12	0	0	0	6	59	279	557	2285
50	441	310	161	36	3	0	0	0	2	27	174	410	1563

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