WASCO, CALIFORNIA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(049452) WASCO
From Year=1948 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
65 590 380 265 125 31 2 0 0 3 67 337 593 2392
60 436 243 135 49 6 0 0 0 0 21 200 438 1527
57 345 168 77 23 1 0 0 0 0 8 132 347 1100
55 286 124 48 13 0 0 0 0 0 4 94 288 857
50 155 43 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 155 394
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

Western Regional Climate Center, wrcc@dri.edu