FARIBAULT, MINNESOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(212721) FARIBAULT
From Year=1895 To Year=2012
Cooling Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
55 0 0 2 33 166 378 532 463 229 60 2 0 1865
57 0 0 1 23 130 322 470 402 186 43 1 0 1579
60 0 0 0 13 87 243 378 314 131 24 0 0 1190
65 0 0 0 4 38 134 233 181 65 7 0 0 661
70 0 0 0 1 12 59 116 81 26 1 0 0 296
Cooling Degree Day units are computed as the difference between the daily average temperature and the base temperature. (Daily Ave. Temp. - Base Temp.) One unit is accumulated for each degree Fahrenheit the average temperature is above the base temperature. Negative numbers are discarded. Example: If the days high temperature was 95 and the low temperature was 51, the base 60 heating degree day units is ((95 + 51) / 2) - 60 = 13. 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

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