MC LEOD 3 E, NORTH DAKOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(325754) MC LEOD 3 E
From Year=1912 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	1756	1443	1164	633	288	75	15	32	211	559	1060	1553	8788
60	1601	1302	1009	489	176	26	2	7	115	413	910	1398	7447
57	1508	1217	916	406	122	11	1	2	73	331	820	1305	6712
55	1446	1160	855	353	93	6	0	1	52	280	760	1243	6249
50	1291	1019	702	233	41	1	0	0	19	172	612	1088	5177

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