MANKATO, MINNESOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(216007) MANKATO
From Year=1954 To Year=1984
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
65 1624 1300 1060 536 207 38 5 19 157 446 925 1408 7724
60 1469 1158 906 396 112 9 0 3 74 310 775 1253 6466
57 1376 1074 813 319 70 3 0 1 42 236 685 1160 5779
55 1314 1017 752 270 49 1 0 0 27 192 626 1098 5347
50 1159 876 602 165 16 0 0 0 6 103 482 944 4353
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