MINNEOTA, MINNESOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(215482) MINNEOTA
From Year=1948 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 1569 -99 872 -99 -99 -99 0 10 239 -99 1144 1564 -99
60 1414 -99 717 -99 -99 -99 0 0 137 -99 994 1409 -99
57 1321 -99 624 -99 -99 -99 0 0 85 -99 904 1316 -99
55 1259 -99 564 -99 -99 -99 0 0 55 -99 844 1254 -99
50 1104 -99 420 -99 -99 -99 0 0 14 -99 696 1099 -99
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