GOLDFIELD, NEVADA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(263285) GOLDFIELD
From Year=1906 To Year=2009
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
65	1045	827	725	486	263	77	3	9	95	385	735	1012	5661
60	890	686	570	343	150	32	1	2	39	246	585	857	4400
57	797	601	478	264	100	17	0	0	21	176	495	764	3714
55	735	545	417	216	74	11	0	0	13	137	436	702	3286
50	581	405	275	117	30	3	0	0	4	68	294	547	2323

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