DINOSAUR NM QUARRY AREA, UTAH

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(422173) DINOSAUR NM QUARRY AREA
From Year=1958 To Year=2006
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
65	1452	1115	805	477	205	38	1	4	113	473	890	1316	6889
60	1297	974	650	332	101	10	0	1	46	322	740	1161	5633
57	1204	889	557	250	60	4	0	0	26	238	650	1068	4946
55	1142	832	496	200	40	2	0	0	17	188	590	1006	4513
50	987	691	346	99	11	0	0	0	6	91	441	851	3522

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 Jul 28, 2006
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