PARKER, ARIZONA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(026250) PARKER 6 NE
From Year=1893 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
65 410 234 127 32 4 0 0 0 0 19 173 409 1409
60 260 120 48 8 1 0 0 0 0 5 80 258 779
57 179 70 22 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 43 176 495
55 134 46 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 26 129 349
50 52 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 48 121
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