BIG SPRINGS, NEBRASKA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(250865) BIG SPRINGS
From Year=1916 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	1214	993	845	506	241	55	4	10	134	444	840	1143	6429
60	1059	852	691	364	135	20	1	2	66	302	690	988	5171
57	966	768	599	286	89	11	0	1	39	228	600	895	4483
55	904	711	539	239	65	6	0	0	27	184	541	833	4051
50	749	571	396	140	25	1	0	0	10	99	397	678	3067

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