CRATERS OF THE MOON, IDAHO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(102260) CRATERS OF THE MOON NM
From Year=1958 To Year=2012
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
65 1402 1168 1045 719 440 193 29 53 257 610 1028 1371 8315
60 1247 1027 890 570 300 102 7 19 149 457 878 1216 6860
57 1154 942 797 482 226 63 2 10 101 368 788 1123 6055
55 1092 886 735 424 182 44 1 6 76 312 728 1061 5545
50 937 744 580 287 93 13 0 2 33 187 578 906 4360
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 Oct 31, 2012
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