FISH SPRINGS NWR, UTAH

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(422852) FISH SPRINGS REFUGE
From Year=1960 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	1123	852	663	422	184	41	1	3	78	384	756	1106	5613
60	968	711	509	287	99	14	0	1	34	250	607	951	4431
57	875	627	419	215	62	6	0	0	19	182	518	858	3781
55	813	570	362	172	44	3	0	0	12	142	460	796	3375
50	659	431	230	87	16	0	0	0	3	65	320	643	2455

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