ELBOW LAKE, MINNESOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(212476) ELBOW LAKE
From Year=1940 To Year=1988
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
65	1841	1471	1165	623	267	66	12	41	234	565	1060	1563	8908
60	1686	1330	1010	478	158	20	2	10	129	417	910	1408	7559
57	1593	1245	917	396	108	9	1	3	82	335	820	1315	6823
55	1531	1188	856	344	81	5	0	1	58	283	760	1253	6360
50	1376	1047	703	224	35	0	0	0	21	171	612	1098	5286

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