MALHEUR BRANCH EXP STN, OREGON

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(355160) MALHEUR BRANCH EXP STN
From Year=1942 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 1160 870 688 434 210 63 6 13 121 440 808 1096 5909
60 1005 729 533 292 107 20 1 3 51 293 658 941 4632
57 912 644 440 214 64 8 0 1 28 213 568 848 3939
55 850 588 379 167 42 4 0 0 17 165 508 786 3507
50 695 447 235 74 11 0 0 0 3 72 360 631 2529
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