KENSAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, NORTH DAKOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(324656) KENSAL WILDLIFE REFUGE
From Year=1948 To Year=1974
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 12 93 279 440 420 136 27 0 0 1407
57 0 0 0 8 67 226 379 361 103 17 0 0 1161
60 0 0 0 4 39 155 290 276 64 7 0 0 835
65 0 0 0 1 12 71 157 153 24 1 0 0 419
70 0 0 0 0 3 23 61 65 6 0 0 0 157
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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