GARDINER, MONTANA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(243378) GARDINER
From Year=1956 To Year=2006
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	7	59	204	427	387	150	22	0	0	1256
57	0	0	0	4	38	160	366	328	112	12	0	0	1020
60	0	0	0	1	17	104	278	242	66	4	0	0	712
65	0	0	0	0	2	39	143	115	19	0	0	0	320
70	0	0	0	0	0	9	46	32	3	0	0	0	90

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 Jul 28, 2006
Months with 5 or more missing days are not considered
Years with 1 or more missing months are not considered

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