YUMA PROVING GROUND, ARIZONA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(029654) YUMA PROVING GROUND
From Year=1958 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
65 282 159 78 21 1 0 0 0 0 6 100 303 950
60 144 63 22 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 35 160 429
57 83 29 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 92 229
55 54 16 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 59 140
50 14 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15 34
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