CHAMBERLAIN 5 S, SOUTH DAKOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(391621) CHAMBERLAIN 5 S
From Year=1980 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 1408 1157 952 560 258 55 8 13 151 496 917 1332 7307
60 1253 1016 798 422 148 19 1 2 78 356 768 1177 6038
57 1160 931 707 343 99 8 0 1 49 280 679 1084 5340
55 1098 874 647 293 73 4 0 0 35 234 620 1022 4900
50 943 734 503 184 29 1 0 0 12 137 477 867 3886
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