LEECH LAKE DAM, MINNESOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(214652) LEECH LAKE FEDERAL DAM
From Year=1893 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 0 10 85 251 407 333 125 21 0 0 1232
57 0 0 0 6 62 200 346 275 94 13 0 0 997
60 0 0 0 3 36 134 258 195 58 6 0 0 690
65 0 0 0 1 11 56 130 89 22 1 0 0 310
70 0 0 0 0 2 17 47 28 6 0 0 0 100
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