DINOSAUR NATL MO, UTAH

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(422172) DINOSAUR NATIONAL MONUM
From Year=1941 To Year=1958
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
65	1307	1053	753	422	123	46	0	2	46	389	949	1187	6276
60	1152	912	598	273	42	21	0	0	10	242	799	1032	5080
57	1059	827	505	199	16	12	0	0	1	165	709	939	4432
55	997	770	444	154	6	9	0	0	0	125	649	877	4032
50	842	628	296	62	0	4	0	0	0	58	499	722	3111

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