HUTCHINSON 1 N, MINNESOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(213962) HUTCHINSON 1 N
From Year=1893 To Year=2009
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
65	1643	1364	1095	577	242	52	10	26	185	523	1000	1472	8188
60	1488	1223	940	435	139	17	1	6	98	380	850	1317	6893
57	1395	1139	848	356	92	7	0	2	61	302	760	1224	6185
55	1333	1082	786	305	67	4	0	0	43	254	700	1162	5738
50	1178	941	635	194	25	1	0	0	15	152	554	1007	4702

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