MANKATO, MINNESOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(216007) MANKATO
From Year=1954 To Year=1984
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	2	41	202	415	573	503	233	66	1	0	2036
57	0	0	1	29	161	357	511	442	188	48	0	0	1738
60	0	0	1	17	110	273	418	351	131	29	0	0	1329
65	0	0	0	6	50	152	268	212	63	10	0	0	760
70	0	0	0	1	17	66	138	101	25	1	0	0	350

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