MEDINA, NORTH DAKOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(325798) MEDINA
From Year=1905 To Year=2010
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
65 1711 1345 1268 879 413 118 80 74 315 580 -99 1380 -99
60 1556 1205 1113 729 258 46 13 31 221 425 -99 1225 -99
57 1463 1121 1020 639 174 23 3 13 171 340 -99 1132 -99
55 1401 1065 958 579 124 10 1 5 143 291 -99 1070 -99
50 1246 925 803 429 35 1 0 0 82 196 -99 915 -99
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