HAWLEY 3 NE, MINNESOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(213587) HAWLEY 3 NE
From Year=1948 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 1899 1523 1221 678 327 90 19 49 271 594 1114 1653 9439
60 1744 1382 1066 531 209 32 3 15 161 446 964 1498 8052
57 1651 1298 974 445 151 15 1 6 109 363 874 1405 7292
55 1589 1241 912 390 118 8 0 3 82 310 814 1343 6811
50 1434 1100 759 263 56 2 0 0 33 194 665 1188 5695
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