ARTICHOKE LAKE, MINNESOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(210287) ARTICHOKE LAKE
From Year=1917 To Year=2012
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
65 1676 1386 1130 622 266 63 10 27 192 530 1027 1501 8431
60 1521 1245 975 478 157 21 1 5 101 387 877 1346 7115
57 1428 1160 883 396 106 9 0 1 62 307 787 1253 6394
55 1366 1104 821 344 79 5 0 1 43 258 727 1191 5939
50 1211 963 669 225 33 1 0 0 15 156 579 1036 4887
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