BUCKEYE, ARIZONA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(021026) BUCKEYE
From Year=1893 To Year=2003
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
65	427	272	167	46	6	0	0	0	0	23	195	417	1552
60	275	148	70	12	1	0	0	0	0	5	89	265	866
57	191	89	35	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	48	182	551
55	142	60	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	30	134	388
50	54	17	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	49	131

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