BEARDSLEY, MINNESOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(210541) BEARDSLEY
From Year=1893 To Year=1973
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
65 1669 1408 1124 605 282 76 14 31 201 514 1019 1487 8430
60 1514 1267 969 463 171 29 2 7 112 373 869 1332 7109
57 1421 1182 876 383 118 15 0 2 73 296 779 1239 6386
55 1359 1126 815 332 89 9 0 1 54 250 720 1177 5930
50 1204 985 663 218 38 2 0 0 20 153 572 1022 4876
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

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