LAKE WILSON, MINNESOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(214534) LAKE WILSON
From Year=1973 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	3	35	170	381	539	446	217	43	2	0	1836
57	0	0	2	25	133	324	477	385	175	30	1	0	1552
60	0	0	1	14	86	243	386	297	120	16	0	0	1163
65	0	0	0	4	34	129	240	165	56	4	0	0	633
70	0	0	0	1	9	53	120	68	20	1	0	0	271

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

Western Regional Climate Center, wrcc@dri.edu