NEW BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(195246) NEW BEDFORD
From Year=1893 To Year=2002
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
65	1069	968	834	539	250	56	4	10	86	321	603	951	5690
60	914	827	679	391	127	15	0	1	30	192	454	796	4425
57	821	742	587	306	73	5	0	0	13	129	368	703	3747
55	759	685	525	252	46	2	0	0	7	95	313	641	3326
50	604	544	375	131	11	0	0	0	1	35	190	490	2381

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