MESA, ARIZONA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(025467) MESA
From Year=1896 To Year=2006
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
65	445	305	206	68	10	0	0	0	0	29	202	417	1682
60	293	178	99	24	2	0	0	0	0	8	99	266	969
57	209	116	56	10	1	0	0	0	0	3	58	184	635
55	158	82	35	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	38	137	457
50	66	28	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	52	165

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 Jul 28, 2006
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