VIRGINIA, MINNESOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(218543) VIRGINIA
From Year=1910 To Year=1987
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 9 80 223 378 305 104 17 0 0 1117
57 0 0 0 6 58 177 318 250 78 11 0 0 896
60 0 0 0 3 34 117 233 174 47 5 0 0 611
65 0 0 0 0 10 48 115 77 17 1 0 0 269
70 0 0 0 0 2 14 42 24 5 0 0 0 86
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