STEELE, NORTH DAKOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(328366) STEELE
From Year=1894 To Year=2012
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	17	106	266	462	408	161	26	0	0	1445
57	0	0	0	11	79	215	401	349	126	17	0	0	1198
60	0	0	0	5	48	149	312	265	84	8	0	0	871
65	0	0	0	1	18	68	178	145	38	2	0	0	450
70	0	0	0	0	5	23	81	61	14	0	0	0	184

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