FARGO HECTOR INTL AP, NORTH DAKOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(322859) FARGO WSO AIRPORT
From Year=1942 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 1486 1210 658 308 81 17 36 238 588 1096 1603 9124
60 1648 1345 1055 514 192 29 3 9 135 441 946 1448 7765
57 1555 1260 963 431 136 14 1 3 89 358 856 1355 7020
55 1493 1203 901 378 105 8 0 1 64 306 796 1293 6549
50 1338 1062 748 255 48 1 0 0 25 191 648 1138 5455
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