MAPLE PLAIN, MINNESOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(215136) MAPLE PLAIN
From Year=1893 To Year=1986
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 1 29 159 364 527 453 206 49 1 0 1787
57 0 0 1 20 125 308 465 392 166 34 0 0 1509
60 0 0 0 11 82 229 373 303 114 18 0 0 1131
65 0 0 0 3 35 122 227 172 55 5 0 0 617
70 0 0 0 0 11 52 109 76 22 1 0 0 269
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