LUVERNE, MINNESOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(214937) LUVERNE
From Year=1893 To Year=2000
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
65 1574 1303 1030 565 241 52 12 24 176 508 991 1416 7892
60 1419 1161 875 425 136 17 2 5 90 365 841 1261 6597
57 1326 1077 783 345 89 8 0 1 55 286 751 1168 5890
55 1264 1020 722 294 64 4 0 0 39 238 692 1106 5444
50 1109 879 573 183 24 1 0 0 14 138 545 951 4415
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