LITTLE SAHARA DUNES, UTAH

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(425138) LITTLE SAHARA DUNES
From Year=1979 To Year=2006
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
65 1200 955 802 555 290 75 7 8 141 487 893 1214 6625
60 1045 814 648 407 174 32 2 2 66 338 743 1059 5327
57 952 729 555 324 119 17 1 1 40 256 653 966 4612
55 890 672 494 271 89 11 1 0 28 206 593 904 4160
50 735 531 347 158 36 2 0 0 10 105 446 749 3119
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 Jul 28, 2006
Months with 5 or more missing days are not considered
Years with 1 or more missing months are not considered

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