LA CROSSE, WASHINGTON

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(454338) LA CROSSE
From Year=1931 To Year=2006
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
65	1067	819	704	481	288	114	24	32	165	468	790	1009	5962
60	912	678	549	335	161	40	4	6	76	320	640	854	4575
57	819	593	456	253	100	15	1	2	42	238	550	761	3832
55	757	537	395	202	68	7	0	1	27	189	491	699	3372
50	602	397	249	96	19	1	0	0	7	91	345	545	2351

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 Jul 28, 2006
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