SPRINGFIELD 1 NW, MINNESOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(217907) SPRINGFIELD 1 NW
From Year=1937 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 1615 1324 1091 589 241 48 10 29 184 494 970 1431 8026
60 1460 1183 937 448 139 16 1 6 96 355 820 1276 6738
57 1367 1098 844 369 93 7 0 1 59 280 730 1183 6033
55 1305 1042 783 318 69 3 0 0 41 234 671 1121 5589
50 1150 901 633 205 28 0 0 0 14 138 526 966 4561
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