ELKHART, KANSAS

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(142432) ELKHART
From Year=1900 To Year=2012
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
65	979	781	638	323	112	14	1	2	49	259	628	929	4713
60	824	640	487	204	51	4	0	0	20	152	480	774	3636
57	731	556	401	146	29	2	0	0	11	104	395	681	3057
55	669	501	348	114	19	1	0	0	7	79	341	620	2700
50	518	369	230	56	6	0	0	0	3	37	222	470	1910

Heating Degree Day units are computed as the difference between the base temperature and the daily average temperature. (Base Temp. - Daily Ave. Temp.) One unit is accumulated for each degree Fahrenheit the average temperature is below the base temperature. Negative numbers are discarded. Example: If the days high temperature was 65 and the low temperature was 31, the base 50 heating degree day units is 50 - ((65 + 31) / 2) = 2. 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