SIOUX FALLS FOSS FLD, SOUTH DAKOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(397667) SIOUX FALLS WSFO
From Year=1948 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	4	38	167	403	585	511	230	50	1	0	1987
57	0	0	2	27	130	346	523	449	185	36	0	0	1698
60	0	0	1	16	85	264	431	358	129	20	0	0	1304
65	0	0	0	5	36	147	282	219	64	6	0	0	759
70	0	0	0	1	12	66	153	108	27	1	0	0	368

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