SABINO CANYON, ARIZONA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(027355) SABINO CANYON
From Year=1941 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
65 411 297 216 67 9 0 0 0 0 29 185 372 1586
60 261 173 107 25 2 0 0 0 0 9 89 226 892
57 181 114 63 12 0 0 0 0 0 4 53 152 578
55 135 82 42 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 35 111 414
50 56 30 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 42 149
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