ROSEMOUNT AGR EXP STN, MINNESOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(217107) ROSEMOUNT AGRI EXP STN
From Year=1950 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	31	165	383	523	450	209	51	1	0	1816
57	0	0	2	21	129	326	461	388	166	36	1	0	1531
60	0	0	1	12	84	245	369	299	113	20	0	0	1142
65	0	0	0	3	35	130	223	164	51	6	0	0	611
70	0	0	0	1	11	52	104	67	17	1	0	0	253

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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