WISCONSIN RAPIDS, WISCONSIN

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(479335) WISCONSIN RAPIDS
From Year=1903 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	1578	1325	1083	618	294	77	19	41	211	538	945	1398	8126
60	1423	1184	929	474	177	26	3	9	114	393	795	1243	6770
57	1330	1099	837	392	121	12	0	3	72	312	705	1150	6032
55	1268	1042	776	339	90	6	0	1	50	263	646	1088	5569
50	1113	901	625	219	36	1	0	0	16	155	500	933	4500

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