MOJAVE, CALIFORNIA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(045756) MOJAVE
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
65 604 454 367 213 69 9 0 0 9 105 379 623 2833
60 449 315 230 114 27 2 0 0 2 44 239 468 1891
57 358 237 160 72 13 1 0 0 0 23 166 376 1406
55 298 189 120 50 8 0 0 0 0 14 126 317 1121
50 165 92 47 15 1 0 0 0 0 3 53 179 556
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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