THE RATIONAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HEATING DEGREE DAYS AND TEMPERATURE1

H. C. S. THOM
1954 Monthly Weather Review  
function. Standard statistical analysis is applied to this function to obtain the relationship between mean degree The probability function of degree days below the base 65' F. is derived from the temperature probability days and mean temperature. This relationship is modified for use with available data and applied in the conversion of a monthly normal temperature for Detroit to the corresponding degree day normal.
doi:10.1175/1520-0493(1954)082<0001:trrbhd>2.0.co;2 fatcat:h7kkjp4atjhcniykga3ny2nzzu