WADENA 3 S, MINNESOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(218579) WADENA 3 S
From Year=1893 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 1803 1494 1233 705 347 106 29 57 274 619 1096 1592 9353
60 1648 1353 1078 558 223 41 5 16 163 470 946 1437 7937
57 1555 1268 985 473 160 20 1 6 110 386 856 1344 7164
55 1493 1212 923 417 125 12 0 3 81 332 796 1282 6676
50 1338 1071 769 288 59 2 0 0 33 213 647 1127 5547
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