FRUITA, UTAH

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(423046) FRUITA
From Year=1948 To Year=1967
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
65	1117	847	700	387	168	29	0	5	58	285	685	1036	5317
60	962	706	545	251	81	7	0	1	21	162	535	881	4152
57	869	621	454	181	47	3	0	0	10	105	445	788	3524
55	807	565	394	141	31	1	0	0	7	76	386	726	3135
50	652	425	254	64	9	0	0	0	2	31	249	571	2257

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

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