WESSINGTON SPRINGS, SOUTH DAKOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(399070) WESSINGTON SPRINGS
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	5	42	181	406	608	546	277	58	3	0	2126
57	0	0	3	30	141	349	547	484	230	41	2	0	1826
60	0	0	1	16	92	268	454	394	167	23	1	0	1416
65	0	0	0	5	37	148	304	251	88	7	0	0	840
70	0	0	0	1	10	63	170	130	38	1	0	0	414

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