SHARON, NORTH DAKOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(327986) SHARON
From Year=1923 To Year=2002
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	257	425	384	136	21	0	0	1345
57	0	0	0	9	80	207	364	325	105	13	0	0	1103
60	0	0	0	4	49	140	275	241	68	5	0	0	783
65	0	0	0	1	18	60	145	125	28	1	0	0	378
70	0	0	0	0	5	19	57	49	9	0	0	0	139

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