ELBOW LAKE, MINNESOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(212476) ELBOW LAKE
From Year=1940 To Year=1988
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	22	151	335	497	409	157	31	0	0	1603
57	0	0	1	15	116	279	436	350	120	21	0	0	1336
60	0	0	0	7	73	200	344	263	78	10	0	0	976
65	0	0	0	2	27	96	200	140	32	3	0	0	499
70	0	0	0	0	8	36	86	57	10	0	0	0	197

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