MONTROSE, SOUTH DAKOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(395733) MONTROSE
From Year=1963 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	5	24	167	400	538	498	204	53	0	0	1891
57	0	0	4	16	132	342	478	438	164	37	0	0	1610
60	0	0	3	7	87	261	389	349	113	19	0	0	1228
65	0	0	1	1	37	141	245	214	53	4	0	0	694
70	0	0	0	0	13	58	123	107	20	0	0	0	322

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