GAYLORD, MINNESOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(213076) GAYLORD
From Year=1956 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	1625	1318	1067	566	225	40	7	21	171	493	966	1438	7936
60	1470	1177	912	426	125	11	1	4	86	353	816	1283	6663
57	1377	1092	820	347	82	4	0	1	51	276	726	1190	5967
55	1315	1036	759	298	59	2	0	0	35	229	667	1128	5528
50	1160	895	609	187	22	0	0	0	10	130	521	973	4507

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