BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(040439) BAKERSFIELD
From Year=1893 To Year=1937
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
65	577	357	262	132	38	4	0	0	6	73	289	538	2276
60	422	220	139	53	10	0	0	0	0	20	156	385	1406
57	332	147	83	25	3	0	0	0	0	8	94	295	987
55	274	106	55	14	1	0	0	0	0	3	62	238	754
50	145	38	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	115	332

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