PAHRUMP, NEVADA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(265890) PAHRUMP
From Year=1914 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
65 705 497 391 198 52 4 0 0 7 117 436 707 3114
60 551 356 249 100 19 1 0 0 1 49 292 552 2170
57 458 274 175 60 8 0 0 0 0 26 215 459 1677
55 397 223 133 40 4 0 0 0 0 17 169 397 1380
50 250 113 56 11 1 0 0 0 0 4 81 249 763
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

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