SALINAS, CALIFORNIA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(047668) SALINAS 2 E
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	415	330	326	272	207	128	87	62	67	132	275	416	2717
60	263	195	180	136	76	24	6	2	5	35	142	263	1328
57	180	122	105	70	24	3	0	0	0	10	79	178	772
55	131	82	66	39	8	1	0	0	0	3	48	129	507
50	44	19	11	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	42	129

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