BISHOP WSO AIRPORT, CALIFORNIA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(040822) BISHOP WSO AIRPORT
From Year=1948 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	858	650	555	336	133	21	0	1	40	256	593	833	4277
60	703	509	401	203	60	6	0	0	10	134	443	678	3147
57	610	424	311	137	34	2	0	0	4	81	354	585	2544
55	548	368	255	103	22	1	0	0	2	56	297	524	2175
50	393	233	135	43	5	0	0	0	0	20	171	370	1371

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