LACROSSE, WASHINGTON

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(454338) LA CROSSE
From Year=1908 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 1079 825 698 481 288 114 23 32 168 471 784 1023 5987
60 924 683 543 335 161 40 4 7 77 323 634 868 4599
57 831 599 450 252 100 16 1 2 43 241 544 775 3854
55 769 542 389 201 67 8 0 1 28 192 485 713 3394
50 614 402 243 96 18 1 0 0 7 93 340 559 2373
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