LODGEPOLE, NEBRASKA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(254900) LODGEPOLE
From Year=1894 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 1176 978 846 514 250 59 6 8 129 426 827 1128 6345
60 1021 836 692 371 143 22 1 1 63 285 677 973 5085
57 928 752 600 292 95 11 0 0 38 212 587 880 4395
55 866 695 539 244 70 6 0 0 27 170 528 818 3963
50 711 555 395 143 28 1 0 0 10 90 383 663 2979
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