BUCKHORN MTN 1 E, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(051060) BUCKHORN MTN 1 E
From Year=1988 To Year=2012
Cooling Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
55 0 0 1 9 53 187 403 359 170 38 3 0 1223
57 0 0 0 5 36 145 343 301 133 25 1 0 989
60 0 0 0 2 17 93 258 218 85 11 0 0 684
65 0 0 0 0 2 35 134 100 31 2 0 0 305
70 0 0 0 0 0 9 52 29 7 0 0 0 96
Cooling Degree Day units are computed as the difference between the daily average temperature and the base temperature. (Daily Ave. Temp. - Base Temp.) One unit is accumulated for each degree Fahrenheit the average temperature is above the base temperature. Negative numbers are discarded. Example: If the days high temperature was 95 and the low temperature was 51, the base 60 heating degree day units is ((95 + 51) / 2) - 60 = 13. 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