FT CARSON BUTTS AAF, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(053002) FORT CARSON
From Year=1981 To Year=2003
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	3	35	134	362	522	473	255	58	2	0	1844
57	0	0	1	22	96	304	460	412	205	35	1	0	1537
60	0	0	0	9	52	225	367	320	137	15	0	0	1126
65	0	0	0	1	11	116	216	173	52	2	0	0	571
70	0	0	0	0	1	41	89	60	11	0	0	0	202

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