SCOTIA, CALIFORNIA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(048045) SCOTIA
From Year=1931 To Year=2005
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
65 537 440 454 383 298 195 133 110 135 238 382 516 3824
60 382 301 301 237 154 67 24 14 33 107 236 362 2218
57 291 220 214 156 82 21 3 1 8 51 157 271 1475
55 233 170 161 108 45 7 0 0 2 27 112 214 1080
50 110 69 58 27 4 0 0 0 0 3 34 94 400
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 Apr 5, 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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