BENSON 6 SE, ARIZONA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(020683) BENSON 6 SE
From Year=1990 To Year=2012
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
65 597 468 351 168 28 2 0 0 1 97 384 616 2713
60 442 327 209 81 7 0 0 0 0 38 241 461 1806
57 350 245 140 48 3 0 0 0 0 20 167 369 1340
55 289 192 103 33 1 0 0 0 0 12 125 308 1064
50 150 87 41 9 0 0 0 0 0 4 51 172 516
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