PAXSON, ALASKA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(507095) PAXSON
From Year=1960 To Year=1968
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
65	2117	1689	1727	1264	922	472	395	495	769	1265	1773	2105	14992
60	1962	1548	1572	1114	767	323	242	341	619	1110	1623	1950	13172
57	1869	1464	1479	1024	674	238	158	254	529	1017	1533	1857	12095
55	1807	1407	1417	964	612	184	109	197	469	955	1473	1795	11389
50	1652	1266	1262	814	458	78	22	72	322	800	1323	1640	9708

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