CARRINGTON, NORTH DAKOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(321360) CARRINGTON
From Year=1929 To Year=2004
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
65 1815 1512 1276 752 376 123 33 60 299 649 1171 1621 9687
60 1660 1371 1121 605 249 51 8 18 185 499 1021 1466 8254
57 1567 1286 1028 519 185 27 3 7 130 413 931 1373 7468
55 1505 1229 966 464 147 17 1 3 99 359 871 1311 6972
50 1350 1088 812 332 75 4 0 0 44 236 722 1156 5820
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