EMPIRE, NEVADA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(262662) GERLACH
From Year=1951 To Year=1976
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
65	1014	806	713	451	225	75	9	12	55	339	737	988	5422
60	859	665	558	307	122	29	2	2	18	207	587	833	4188
57	766	581	465	229	78	13	1	0	8	140	497	740	3517
55	704	524	403	182	55	7	0	0	4	104	437	678	3099
50	550	384	258	89	21	1	0	0	0	41	295	523	2162

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