KENTON, MICHIGAN

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(204328) KENTON
From Year=1907 To Year=2002
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
65 1650 1382 1230 777 418 165 79 107 319 619 1003 1439 9189
60 1495 1240 1075 630 289 81 25 41 201 471 853 1284 7686
57 1402 1156 982 544 220 47 10 20 141 386 763 1191 6863
55 1340 1099 920 488 178 31 4 11 108 333 704 1129 6345
50 1185 958 766 353 96 8 0 2 45 212 556 974 5155
Heating Degree Day units are computed as the difference between the base temperature and the daily average temperature. (Base Temp. - Daily Ave. Temp.) One unit is accumulated for each degree Fahrenheit the average temperature is below the base temperature. Negative numbers are discarded. Example: If the days high temperature was 65 and the low temperature was 31, the base 50 heating degree day units is 50 - ((65 + 31) / 2) = 2. 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