Railroad Commission of Texas Transportation/Gas Utilities Division Annual Report: 1986 Page: 16
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HEATING DEGREE DAYS*
FOR TEXAS' TWENTY-FIVE LARGEST CITIES
1984 - 1985
Normal Heating % Deviation
Heating Degree-Days From Normal
City Degree-Days 1984 1985 1984 1985
Abilene 2,621 2,690 2,890 + 2.6 +10.3
Amarillo 4,231 4,495 4,445 + 6.2 + 5.1
Austin 1,760 1,493 1,832 -15.2 + 4.1
Beaumont 1,477 1,512 1,786 + 2.4 +20.9
Brownsville 609, 586 789 - 3.8 +29.6
Bryan 1,786 1,539 1,908 -13.8 + 6.8
Corpus Christi 970 897 1,227 -" 7.5 +26.5
Dallas 2,301 2,386 2,523 + 3.7 + 9.6
El Paso 2,664 2,724 2,846 + 2.3 + 6.8
Fort Worth 2,407 2,386 2,615 - 0.9 + 8.6
Galveston 1,253 1,063 1,396 -15.2 411 .4
Houston 1,549 1, 177 1,521 -24.0 - 1.8
Laredo 926 924 1,289. - 0.2 +39.2
Lubbock 3,516 3,495 3,550 - 0.6 + 1.0
McAllen 755 586 836 -22.4 +10.7
Midl and 2,658 2,817 2,908 + 6.0 + 9.4
Odessa 2,658 2,817 2,908 4 6.0 + 9.4
San Angelo 2,313 2,482 2,561 + 7.3 +10.7
San Antonio 1,606 1,489 1,774 - 7.3 +10.5
Sherman 2,846 2,818 2,989 - 0.9 + 5.0
Temple 20,125 1,980 2,370 - 6.8 +11.5
Texarkana 2,892 2,752 2,771 - 4.8 - 4.2
Tyler 2,892 2,335 2,403 -19.3 -16.9
Waco 2,126 2,076 2,355 - 2.4 +10.8
Wichita Falls 3,011 3,158 3,329 + 4.9 +10.6Mean (for 25 cities) 2,158 2,107 2,313 - 2.4 + 7.2
*Degree-days measure the deviation from normal temperature by accumulating the difference
between 65F and the daily mean temperature. A mean temperature of 60 for one day would be
five heating degree-days. A greater number of heating degree-days than normal indicates colder
weather. Less heating degree-days than normal indicates warmer weather. These figures are on
a calendar year basis.
**Normal Heating Degree-Days are based on NOAA records. The above norms are based on the
30-year period from 1951-1980.
Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Climatic Center,
Asheville, North Carolina
(RRC/GUD)16
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