RICHFIELD 1 NE, KANSAS

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(146808) RICHFIELD 1 NE
From Year=1893 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	1022	835	658	351	123	16	1	3	58	298	662	988	5015
60	867	694	506	228	58	5	0	0	25	183	514	833	3914
57	774	610	419	168	34	2	0	0	14	130	428	740	3319
55	712	554	365	133	23	1	0	0	9	101	372	679	2950
50	559	419	244	68	8	0	0	0	3	50	247	527	2125

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