ARTICHOKE LAKE, MINNESOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(210287) ARTICHOKE LAKE
From Year=1917 To Year=2012
Cooling Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
55 0 0 1 23 153 355 525 455 202 42 1 0 1756
57 0 0 0 16 118 300 463 394 161 29 0 0 1481
60 0 0 0 8 76 221 371 305 109 15 0 0 1106
65 0 0 0 2 31 113 225 171 50 4 0 0 597
70 0 0 0 0 9 45 107 73 19 0 0 0 254
Cooling Degree Day units are computed as the difference between the daily average temperature and the base temperature. (Daily Ave. Temp. - Base Temp.) One unit is accumulated for each degree Fahrenheit the average temperature is above the base temperature. Negative numbers are discarded. Example: If the days high temperature was 95 and the low temperature was 51, the base 60 heating degree day units is ((95 + 51) / 2) - 60 = 13. 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