WASECA EXP STN, MINNESOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(218692) WASECA EXP STATION
From Year=1915 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 1626 1337 1080 588 255 60 12 30 180 504 967 1447 8085
60 1471 1195 925 447 151 20 2 7 94 365 817 1292 6786
57 1378 1111 833 367 102 9 0 2 59 289 728 1199 6077
55 1316 1054 772 317 76 5 0 1 42 242 669 1137 5629
50 1161 913 622 203 31 1 0 0 15 145 523 982 4596
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

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