KERN RIVER PH 3, CALIFORNIA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(044523) KERN RIVER PH 3
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	597	457	401	232	87	11	0	0	8	110	374	578	2856
60	443	319	257	125	34	2	0	0	1	44	236	424	1885
57	352	241	182	78	17	0	0	0	0	23	163	334	1391
55	293	192	139	55	10	0	0	0	0	14	122	276	1101
50	162	91	56	18	1	0	0	0	0	3	47	147	525

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