STURGEON BAY EXP FAR, WISCONSIN

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(478267) STURGEON BAY EXP FARM
From Year=1905 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 1462 1280 1105 699 398 127 32 46 193 511 871 1271 7996
60 1307 1138 950 551 258 52 6 11 97 363 721 1116 6570
57 1214 1054 857 463 185 26 1 3 57 280 631 1023 5795
55 1152 997 795 406 142 15 0 1 38 229 571 961 5308
50 997 856 642 270 62 3 0 0 10 123 425 806 4194
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

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