PARKSTON 8 ENE, SOUTH DAKOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(396462) PARKSTON 8 ENE
From Year=1893 To Year=1976
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	4	41	187	431	603	554	261	66	0	0	2147
57	0	0	3	29	148	373	541	492	216	47	0	0	1849
60	0	0	1	16	96	289	449	401	157	26	0	0	1435
65	0	0	0	3	40	165	301	258	83	6	0	0	856
70	0	0	0	0	13	75	168	137	37	0	0	0	431

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