WEST BEND, WISCONSIN

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(479050) WEST BEND
From Year=1895 To Year=2003
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
65	1424	1205	1025	609	307	84	16	30	169	469	868	1273	7477
60	1269	1064	871	467	189	32	2	6	84	329	718	1118	6147
57	1176	979	779	385	131	15	0	1	49	253	629	1025	5422
55	1114	922	718	333	98	8	0	0	32	207	570	963	4966
50	959	781	569	214	40	1	0	0	9	113	428	808	3922

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