CANYONLANDS-THE NEEDLE, UTAH

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(421168) CANYONLANDS THE NEEDLE
From Year=1965 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 1121 824 635 393 147 19 0 0 54 346 726 1077 5343
60 966 683 481 257 71 5 0 0 20 212 576 922 4193
57 873 598 391 187 41 2 0 0 10 147 486 829 3564
55 811 542 333 146 27 1 0 0 6 111 427 767 3171
50 656 402 201 68 7 0 0 0 1 48 287 612 2281
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

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