COPE RCH, TEXAS

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(411974) COPE RANCH
From Year=1948 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	698	528	343	124	25	1	0	0	20	134	398	661	2933
60	545	392	223	61	9	0	0	0	7	64	270	508	2078
57	455	315	164	37	4	0	0	0	4	38	205	419	1641
55	398	269	131	26	2	0	0	0	3	26	167	362	1383
50	266	168	71	10	0	0	0	0	0	9	92	235	852

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