ODESSA, TEXAS

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(416502) ODESSA
From Year=1950 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	562	458	255	77	19	0	0	0	4	66	361	590	2394
60	410	325	150	30	7	0	0	0	0	28	236	438	1624
57	325	252	102	16	3	0	0	0	0	15	173	351	1238
55	273	209	76	11	2	0	0	0	0	10	138	297	1015
50	161	121	33	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	74	177	573

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