DURANGO, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(052441) DURANGO WATER RESOURCES
From Year=1991 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 0 8 91 284 473 413 194 27 0 0 1491
57 0 0 0 4 60 229 412 351 145 14 0 0 1214
60 0 0 0 1 26 153 319 259 80 3 0 0 843
65 0 0 0 0 5 56 169 114 17 0 0 0 361
70 0 0 0 0 1 9 50 20 1 0 0 0 81
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

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