BENSON, MINNESOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(210667) BENSON
From Year=1952 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	1683	1369	1108	592	246	50	9	25	190	528	1011	1483	8293
60	1528	1227	953	449	141	15	1	5	99	385	861	1328	6993
57	1435	1143	861	368	94	6	0	1	60	306	771	1235	6280
55	1373	1086	799	317	69	3	0	0	41	256	711	1173	5830
50	1218	945	647	201	28	0	0	0	13	150	565	1018	4786

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