VIRGINIA, MINNESOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(218543) VIRGINIA
From Year=1910 To Year=1987
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
65	1842	1517	1278	756	392	144	48	89	317	646	1143	1636	9807
60	1687	1376	1123	608	260	63	11	31	197	495	993	1481	8324
57	1594	1291	1030	521	191	33	3	13	137	408	903	1388	7513
55	1532	1235	968	464	151	20	1	7	104	352	843	1326	7003
50	1377	1093	814	330	74	4	0	1	44	230	693	1171	5831

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