BENTON CITY 2 NW, WASHINGTON

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(450628) BENTON CITY 2 NW
From Year=1948 To Year=1964
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
65	1112	801	685	415	208	63	13	16	105	485	729	984	5617
60	957	660	530	272	102	18	2	2	40	333	579	829	4324
57	864	576	438	193	57	6	0	0	19	243	489	736	3622
55	802	519	377	146	36	2	0	0	10	188	430	674	3184
50	647	381	229	54	6	0	0	0	1	80	284	520	2201

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