DETROIT, OREGON

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(352277) DETROIT
From Year=1894 To Year=1972
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
65 967 760 750 554 364 208 78 81 206 447 709 893 6018
60 812 619 595 404 226 100 22 22 100 296 559 738 4494
57 719 534 502 317 155 55 7 7 56 213 469 646 3681
55 657 477 440 261 115 33 3 3 35 164 409 584 3182
50 502 336 289 139 42 5 0 0 7 68 263 429 2081
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