CORTEZ GOLD MINE, NEVADA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(261975) CORTEZ GOLD MINE
From Year=1968 To Year=1979
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
65	1074	816	759	583	281	89	4	21	145	486	777	1095	6129
60	919	675	604	437	166	40	1	5	73	341	627	940	4827
57	826	591	512	353	113	22	1	2	45	264	537	847	4111
55	764	534	452	299	84	14	0	1	31	218	478	785	3659
50	610	394	310	181	33	3	0	0	9	124	335	631	2630

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