BRYCE CANYON NP HQ, UTAH

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(421008) BRYCE CANYON NATL PK HD
From Year=1959 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 1297 1117 1046 796 542 256 79 131 352 680 1006 1274 8577
60 1142 976 891 646 389 136 16 37 210 525 856 1119 6943
57 1049 891 798 556 300 84 4 12 138 432 766 1026 6056
55 987 834 736 496 244 57 2 5 99 372 706 964 5502
50 832 693 581 350 128 18 0 0 36 230 556 809 4235
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

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