WELLPINIT, WASHINGTON

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(459058) WELLPINIT
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 1215 956 824 561 358 151 44 49 219 561 909 1179 7026
60 1060 815 669 414 222 68 13 15 118 408 759 1024 5584
57 967 730 576 328 152 37 4 6 73 321 669 931 4794
55 905 674 514 273 113 22 2 3 49 266 609 869 4298
50 750 532 360 149 42 5 0 0 14 145 459 714 3171
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