TOWER 2S, MINNESOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(218311) TOWER 3 S
From Year=1895 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 1905 1600 1343 832 462 211 104 162 389 744 1204 1713 10669
60 1750 1458 1188 684 323 110 37 71 258 591 1054 1558 9082
57 1657 1374 1095 596 248 67 16 37 189 501 964 1465 8209
55 1595 1317 1033 538 203 46 8 22 149 442 904 1403 7661
50 1440 1176 879 399 111 15 1 5 70 305 755 1248 6404
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