SHARON, NORTH DAKOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(327986) SHARON
From Year=1923 To Year=2002
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
65 1865 1523 1276 729 352 117 30 54 279 639 1187 1667 9718
60 1710 1381 1121 582 228 46 6 16 169 489 1037 1512 8297
57 1617 1297 1028 497 167 23 1 6 117 403 947 1419 7522
55 1555 1240 966 442 131 14 0 3 88 349 887 1357 7032
50 1400 1099 812 313 65 3 0 0 38 227 737 1202 5895
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