SALT FLAT, TEXAS

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(417920) SALT FLAT
From Year=1978 To Year=1998
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
65	708	505	349	145	14	0	0	0	12	120	445	693	2992
60	554	366	211	69	2	0	0	0	4	54	301	539	2098
57	461	286	144	42	1	0	0	0	2	32	224	446	1637
55	400	236	107	28	0	0	0	0	1	23	180	386	1361
50	251	131	46	10	0	0	0	0	0	9	95	244	786

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