SALT LAKE CITY NWSFO, UTAH

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(427598) SALT LAKE CITY NWSFO
From Year=1948 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	1116	877	713	457	217	54	1	5	92	377	754	1071	5734
60	961	736	559	317	118	18	0	1	41	242	604	916	4512
57	868	651	467	240	75	8	0	0	23	173	515	823	3842
55	806	594	407	193	53	4	0	0	15	134	456	761	3424
50	651	455	267	97	18	0	0	0	4	62	316	606	2477

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

Western Regional Climate Center, wrcc@dri.edu