FAULKTON, SOUTH DAKOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(392927) FAULKTON 1 NW
From Year=1893 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 2 31 146 345 548 492 221 44 1 0 1830
57 0 0 1 21 112 291 487 431 179 30 0 0 1553
60 0 0 0 11 72 215 395 342 126 16 0 0 1177
65 0 0 0 3 28 112 250 206 61 4 0 0 664
70 0 0 0 0 8 46 131 101 25 1 0 0 312
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