PAYSON, ARIZONA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(026323) PAYSON
From Year=1940 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
65 801 653 589 370 159 21 0 1 29 236 561 790 4210
60 646 511 435 228 67 3 0 0 5 116 411 635 3059
57 553 427 343 155 35 1 0 0 1 69 322 542 2450
55 491 371 284 114 22 0 0 0 1 48 265 480 2076
50 338 235 155 46 5 0 0 0 0 17 141 326 1261
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