OAK CREEK CANYON, ARIZONA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(024508) JUNIPINE
From Year=1935 To Year=1982
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
65 820 689 609 376 165 25 0 1 31 246 529 729 4220
60 665 548 454 235 72 4 0 0 7 126 379 574 3064
57 572 463 363 163 41 1 0 0 2 77 291 481 2455
55 511 407 305 123 27 0 0 0 1 54 236 419 2082
50 357 272 177 54 8 0 0 0 0 20 123 270 1280
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

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