BENSON, MINNESOTA

Monthly Total Heating Degree Days

(210667)

Base Temperature = 65 F

File last updated on Apr 6, 2013
*** Note *** Provisional Data *** After Year/Month 201303
a = 1 day missing, b = 2 days missing, c = 3 days, ..etc..,
z = 26 or more days missing, A = Accumulations present
Long-term means based on columns; thus, the monthly row may not
sum (or average) to the long-term annual value.
Months with 5 missing days or less use mean for missing day(s)
Individual Months not used for annual or monthly statistics if more than 5 days are missing.
Individual Years not used for annual statistics if any month in that year has more than 5 days missing.
YEAR(S JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANN
1952 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 15.50 x 645.00 939.00 1348.50 2932.50
1953 1582.50 1349.50 1084.00 714.50 284.50 58.50 9.00 4.00 175.50 339.00 860.00 1509.00 7970.00
1954 1890.00 1003.00 1168.50 604.50 400.50 49.00 2.00 10.00 198.00 576.50 835.00 1327.00 8064.00
1955 1621.00 1509.50 1254.47 a 372.50 123.00 50.50 0.00 7.00 211.00 494.50 1267.00 1774.50 8684.97
1956 1747.50 1577.50 1280.50 760.50 267.50 14.00 7.50 36.00 267.00 345.50 1008.50 1340.50 8652.50
1957 1798.50 1299.00 1101.50 613.50 318.00 49.50 0.00 25.00 242.00 555.50 1000.00 1282.50 8285.00
1958 1420.50 1477.50 1066.50 587.00 197.00 151.00 28.50 39.78 a 159.50 443.50 975.00 1602.50 8148.28
1959 1761.50 1446.50 980.00 604.00 257.50 35.50 5.50 0.00 o 189.50 710.00 1257.50 1142.00 8389.50
1960 1644.00 1448.50 1467.00 647.00 249.00 63.00 14.00 8.50 207.00 486.00 951.50 1507.00 8692.50
1961 1597.50 1137.00 926.00 791.38 a 346.50 33.50 1.00 3.50 251.50 490.00 991.00 1615.50 8184.38
1962 1736.50 1474.00 1237.00 698.00 185.50 56.50 20.50 3.00 238.00 430.50 829.00 1388.50 8297.00
1963 1865.50 1392.50 934.00 532.00 281.00 27.50 0.00 21.00 105.50 234.00 859.50 1684.00 7936.50
1964 1418.00 1208.50 1309.50 539.50 146.00 51.50 0.00 60.50 220.86 a 501.50 1006.00 1679.50 8141.36
1965 1840.00 1515.00 1497.00 650.50 193.50 17.50 3.50 43.00 406.50 430.50 1034.00 1224.50 8855.50
1966 1976.00 1435.50 942.50 767.00 336.50 48.00 0.00 58.50 190.00 527.00 1137.50 1517.00 8935.50
1967 1613.00 1617.78 a 1090.50 616.50 400.00 49.00 27.50 37.00 142.00 564.00 996.00 1392.00 8545.28
1968 1610.00 1488.50 821.00 527.50 365.50 49.50 20.50 g 16.00 l 161.50 492.50 952.00 1567.00 8035.00
1969 1885.00 1366.50 1420.50 535.50 234.00 154.50 12.00 0.00 h 145.00 651.00 975.00 1478.50 8857.50
1970 1939.00 1446.50 1284.00 685.00 248.00 33.50 5.50 14.00 210.50 542.50 1065.00 a 1530.00 9003.50
1971 1874.50 1383.50 1115.50 564.50 296.00 25.00 41.50 23.00 197.50 454.00 1025.50 1553.50 8554.00
1972 1835.00 1613.00 1181.00 693.50 215.50 54.50 19.00 44.00 227.00 621.50 1042.00 1732.00 9278.00
1973 1512.50 1236.50 815.50 617.50 272.50 26.00 3.50 5.50 219.50 357.00 971.50 1567.00 7604.50
1974 1788.50 1391.50 1173.00 568.00 357.50 62.50 0.50 62.00 242.50 452.00 962.50 1295.00 8355.50
1975 1595.50 1459.50 1350.00 808.00 181.50 62.00 11.50 15.50 237.50 435.50 944.00 1469.00 8569.50
1976 1690.50 1134.50 1095.50 427.50 227.00 20.50 2.00 5.50 191.50 688.00 1194.00 1664.00 8340.50
1977 2077.50 1222.50 943.00 390.50 53.00 19.00 3.50 40.00 157.00 538.50 1091.50 1640.50 8176.50
1978 1927.50 1553.00 1134.00 635.00 201.50 a 65.69 a 10.50 19.50 129.50 492.00 1080.50 1630.50 8879.19
1979 2018.00 1677.00 1251.88 a 763.00 381.00 0.00 z 3.50 40.50 123.50 577.00 1032.50 1220.00 9087.88
1980 1585.50 1448.50 1218.50 467.50 172.50 28.50 0.00 14.50 176.50 621.50 862.50 1447.00 8043.00
1981 1513.50 1188.50 851.50 453.00 238.50 30.50 7.50 15.00 181.00 576.00 823.50 1582.50 7461.00
1982 2077.00 1408.50 1147.00 654.50 149.00 109.00 0.00 37.50 208.50 547.00 1104.50 1286.50 8729.00
1983 1469.50 1118.50 996.50 682.00 295.50 66.00 6.00 0.00 187.00 563.00 970.50 0.00 z 6354.50
1984 1629.00 1107.00 1266.50 578.00 293.00 31.00 10.00 15.50 290.50 481.50 944.00 1589.50 8235.50
1985 1734.00 1404.00 944.00 428.50 123.50 100.50 7.50 50.00 257.50 584.00 1318.00 1843.00 8794.50
1986 1517.00 1467.50 982.50 522.00 221.00 21.50 0.00 52.50 197.50 514.50 1160.50 1262.50 7919.00
1987 1381.00 940.00 924.50 350.00 127.00 26.00 5.50 50.50 128.50 656.50 875.00 1362.50 6827.00
1988 1779.00 1535.00 1020.50 538.50 69.50 5.00 1.00 25.00 151.50 654.50 1062.50 1438.50 8280.50
1989 1424.50 1643.00 1233.00 608.50 210.50 75.00 0.00 9.00 164.00 496.50 1110.50 1728.00 8702.50
1990 1222.00 1191.50 964.50 585.00 263.50 45.50 5.00 23.50 122.00 540.50 893.00 1570.50 7426.50
1991 1675.00 1109.00 991.50 487.00 206.50 7.50 4.00 5.50 200.50 579.50 1229.00 1408.00 7903.00
1992 1362.50 1088.50 952.00 671.50 191.50 79.00 57.50 72.50 180.50 563.50 1097.50 1533.50 7850.00
1993 1709.00 1461.00 1171.50 647.00 246.50 94.00 12.00 25.00 294.00 597.50 1103.50 1460.50 8821.50
1994 2053.00 1598.00 1040.50 589.50 176.50 19.50 6.00 43.50 132.00 424.00 875.00 1365.50 8323.00
1995 1549.50 1330.50 1022.00 751.00 278.50 46.00 7.50 2.00 205.50 590.50 1177.00 1514.50 8474.50
1996 1903.50 1464.50 1293.50 735.50 338.50 40.50 10.00 0.50 196.50 500.50 1313.50 1735.00 9532.00
1997 1833.50 1340.00 1219.50 683.00 332.50 0.50 30.00 32.50 101.00 459.00 1166.50 1216.50 8414.50
1998 1566.00 1007.00 1118.00 440.00 102.50 90.00 1.00 0.50 86.50 441.50 952.00 1290.50 7095.50
1999 1705.00 1056.50 969.00 518.50 202.50 53.50 0.50 8.50 217.50 529.50 723.00 1251.00 7235.00
2000 1631.50 1174.00 766.50 576.50 180.00 81.50 18.00 10.00 175.50 421.50 1107.00 1885.50 8027.50
2001 1454.50 1609.00 1277.50 592.00 183.00 52.00 9.00 10.50 179.00 550.00 662.50 1321.00 7900.00
2002 1355.50 1066.50 1412.00 627.50 352.50 22.50 2.00 17.00 138.00 766.50 1045.00 1293.50 8098.50
2003 1604.50 1449.50 1093.00 518.00 256.50 48.00 1.50 11.00 206.00 529.00 1157.00 1353.50 8227.50
2004 1769.50 1403.00 978.00 550.50 353.50 100.00 23.00 112.00 107.00 513.50 885.50 1381.50 8177.00
2005 1723.00 1255.50 1134.00 473.00 333.00 8.00 10.00 21.50 110.50 0.00 z 0.00 z 1523.65 a 6592.15
2006 1266.00 1491.26 a 1085.00 468.00 251.00 29.00 1.00 10.00 251.00 647.50 983.00 1216.50 7699.26
2007 1503.50 a 1612.50 995.00 687.50 157.50 16.50 8.00 27.50 186.00 461.50 1002.00 1676.50 8334.00
2008 1795.00 1604.50 1262.50 738.00 371.00 63.00 6.50 12.00 186.00 576.50 1002.00 1752.00 9369.00
2009 1942.48 c 1442.00 a 1195.00 656.00 286.50 110.00 34.00 45.00 69.00 751.00 792.00 1614.50 8937.48
2010 1777.00 1542.00 946.50 383.50 287.00 32.50 0.00 11.00 237.00 482.00 1000.50 1673.00 8372.00
2011 1831.14 b 1487.00 1339.50 656.50 299.50 58.50 0.00 7.50 209.00 462.00 953.00 1263.00 8566.64
2012 1386.00 1206.00 726.00 497.50 190.00 25.50 0.00 30.00 205.00 635.00 974.00 1499.50 7374.50
2013 1642.00 1486.00 972.00 i 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 0.00 z 3128.00
Period of Record Statistics
MEAN 1682.56 1370.48 1107.68 592.15 245.98 49.88 8.75 25.17 189.73 529.86 1010.12 1483.68 8283.42
S.D. 204.39 186.71 174.62 111.53 82.75 32.74 11.42 21.81 56.94 99.77 136.17 178.36 555.14
SKEW -0.09 -0.51 0.09 -0.18 -0.12 1.18 2.15 1.43 0.69 -0.11 0.10 0.14 -0.28
MAX 2077.50 1677.00 1497.00 808.00 400.50 154.50 57.50 112.00 406.50 766.50 1318.00 1885.50 9532.00
MIN 1222.00 940.00 726.00 350.00 53.00 0.50 0.00 0.00 69.00 234.00 662.50 1142.00 6827.00
NO YRS 61 61 60 60 60 59 59 57 60 60 60 60 54