FT YATES 4 SW, NORTH DAKOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(323207) FORT YATES
From Year=1893 To Year=2000
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
65 1638 1344 1135 610 283 76 14 25 197 534 1026 1437 8320
60 1483 1203 980 467 170 28 2 6 108 388 876 1282 6993
57 1390 1118 888 385 117 14 1 2 70 307 787 1189 6267
55 1328 1062 826 334 89 8 0 1 51 257 727 1127 5809
50 1173 921 673 219 40 2 0 0 21 153 579 972 4751
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