CHAMBERLAIN, SOUTH DAKOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(391609) CHAMBERLAIN
From Year=1896 To Year=1978
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
65 1474 1218 953 477 202 37 4 8 120 407 864 1291 7056
60 1319 1076 799 342 110 10 0 1 58 275 715 1136 5843
57 1226 992 708 269 71 4 0 0 34 206 625 1043 5179
55 1164 935 648 224 50 2 0 0 23 167 566 981 4761
50 1009 794 503 131 18 0 0 0 8 91 423 826 3804
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