SANTIAGO 3 E, MINNESOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(217502) SANTIAGO 3 E
From Year=1959 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	1674	1355	1090	597	267	69	16	40	216	556	1009	1497	8385
60	1519	1213	935	454	155	22	2	9	118	410	859	1342	7041
57	1426	1129	843	373	102	9	1	3	74	328	769	1249	6306
55	1364	1072	781	321	74	5	0	1	52	277	710	1187	5845
50	1209	931	631	206	28	0	0	0	17	166	563	1032	4784

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