GAMBELL, ALASKA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(503226) GAMBELL
From Year=1949 To Year=1997
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
65 1780 1791 1859 1509 1108 793 601 592 741 1029 1217 1513 14532
60 1625 1650 1704 1359 953 643 446 437 591 874 1067 1358 12705
57 1532 1565 1611 1269 860 553 353 344 501 781 977 1265 11610
55 1470 1508 1549 1209 798 493 292 282 441 719 917 1203 10880
50 1315 1367 1394 1059 643 343 142 131 291 564 767 1048 9063
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