FOSSTON, MINNESOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(212916) FOSSTON 1 E
From Year=1909 To Year=2009
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 0 14 107 265 411 352 134 27 0 0 1311
57 0 0 0 9 81 215 351 294 103 18 0 0 1072
60 0 0 0 4 50 149 265 214 67 9 0 0 758
65 0 0 0 1 19 67 140 106 27 2 0 0 363
70 0 0 0 0 5 23 56 39 9 0 0 0 132
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

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