FARIBAULT, MINNESOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(212721) FARIBAULT
From Year=1895 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 1592 1329 1066 580 258 61 11 28 173 484 940 1413 7936
60 1437 1188 911 439 153 21 1 6 89 346 790 1258 6638
57 1344 1103 819 359 103 9 0 2 54 272 701 1165 5931
55 1282 1047 758 309 77 5 0 1 38 227 641 1103 5487
50 1127 906 608 197 31 1 0 0 12 133 497 948 4459
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