FAULKTON, SOUTH DAKOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(392927) FAULKTON 1 NW
From Year=1893 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	1610	1334	1079	589	280	73	12	25	188	522	999	1432	8143
60	1455	1193	925	447	168	26	2	6	103	379	849	1277	6830
57	1362	1108	832	368	115	13	0	2	66	301	759	1184	6110
55	1300	1052	771	318	87	7	0	1	48	253	700	1122	5657
50	1145	910	620	205	37	1	0	0	18	153	553	967	4610

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