MASSADONA 3 E, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(055422) MASSADONA 3 E
From Year=1988 To Year=2009
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	8	101	291	538	457	183	24	0	0	1604
57	0	0	0	4	71	239	477	396	140	13	0	0	1339
60	0	0	0	1	37	166	384	305	85	3	0	0	982
65	0	0	0	0	8	71	235	159	28	0	0	0	502
70	0	0	0	0	1	18	106	49	5	0	0	0	179

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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