CHULA VISTA, CALIFORNIA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(041758) CHULA VISTA
From Year=1918 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
65 342 280 266 192 115 53 7 2 15 74 196 318 1859
60 196 149 124 68 20 3 0 0 0 12 76 170 817
57 119 83 59 24 4 0 0 0 0 2 31 95 417
55 77 49 29 10 1 0 0 0 0 1 14 56 236
50 15 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 32
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

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