SANTA CLARA UNIVERSI, CALIFORNIA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(047912) SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY
From Year=1893 To Year=1976
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
65 518 378 340 246 152 63 19 18 40 134 321 499 2729
60 364 238 193 116 50 11 1 0 4 40 179 345 1541
57 274 160 118 58 18 2 0 0 0 14 107 256 1007
55 216 114 77 31 7 0 0 0 0 6 69 199 720
50 95 33 16 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 81 242
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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