RICE LAKE MUNI AP, WISCONSIN

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(477132) RICE LAKE
From Year=1948 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	1691	1388	1140	637	305	87	22	45	235	569	1007	1498	8625
60	1536	1246	986	492	186	32	4	11	131	422	857	1343	7247
57	1443	1162	893	408	128	15	1	4	84	339	767	1250	6494
55	1381	1105	832	355	97	8	0	2	59	286	708	1188	6021
50	1226	964	679	233	41	1	0	0	20	172	561	1033	4931

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