SKAGWAY AP, ALASKA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(508528) SKAGWAY 2
From Year=1965 To Year=2010
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
65 1332 1051 986 705 484 269 199 252 424 695 1004 1173 8574
60 1177 910 831 555 330 131 70 109 275 540 854 1018 6800
57 1084 825 738 466 242 64 23 46 187 447 764 925 5811
55 1022 768 676 407 186 33 8 20 133 385 704 863 5204
50 867 627 521 261 71 2 0 1 37 233 554 708 3883
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