CANAAN VALLEY, WEST VIRGINIA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(461393) CANAAN VALLEY
From Year=1944 To Year=1996
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
65	1197	1040	905	561	313	128	55	78	221	515	790	1100	6903
60	1042	899	751	418	186	53	14	24	118	366	640	945	5456
57	949	815	660	338	128	28	5	10	74	284	552	852	4694
55	887	758	600	290	97	17	2	5	52	233	495	790	4227
50	734	619	457	185	42	4	0	1	18	130	359	638	3184

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