DINOSAUR QUARRY AREA, UTAH

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(422173) DINOSAUR NM QUARRY AREA
From Year=1915 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 1473 1125 813 486 210 38 1 4 109 469 884 1331 6942
60 1318 983 658 340 105 10 0 1 44 319 734 1176 5688
57 1225 899 565 258 62 4 0 0 24 236 644 1083 5001
55 1163 842 503 208 42 2 0 0 16 187 584 1021 4568
50 1008 701 354 105 12 0 0 0 5 91 435 866 3578
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