TAFT, CALIFORNIA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(048752) TAFT
From Year=1948 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	483	336	220	135	31	3	0	0	0	56	270	475	2007
60	330	200	106	58	6	0	0	0	0	14	143	322	1180
57	242	127	58	28	1	0	0	0	0	5	86	236	785
55	189	86	36	15	0	0	0	0	0	2	58	183	570
50	82	22	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	75	204

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