HUGOTON, KANSAS

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(143855) HUGOTON 2SE
From Year=1904 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	1004	808	654	338	123	14	1	3	56	273	648	958	4879
60	849	667	505	218	58	3	0	0	24	165	501	803	3792
57	756	583	420	159	34	1	0	0	13	114	415	710	3204
55	694	528	366	124	23	0	0	0	8	87	360	649	2839
50	542	394	246	62	8	0	0	0	3	41	235	497	2028

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