BLYTHE, CALIFORNIA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(040924) BLYTHE
From Year=1931 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
65 374 214 103 23 2 0 0 0 0 10 161 374 1261
60 225 103 33 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 67 224 657
57 147 56 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 32 143 393
55 104 35 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 99 261
50 34 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 28 73
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

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