ROCKY FORD 2 SE, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(057167) ROCKY FORD 2 SE
From Year=1893 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 1 10 65 237 498 661 601 346 82 2 0 2504
57 0 0 6 43 188 439 599 539 291 56 1 0 2162
60 0 0 2 20 124 351 506 446 213 28 0 0 1692
65 0 0 0 4 47 214 352 293 104 6 0 0 1021
70 0 0 0 0 11 101 202 148 34 1 0 0 498
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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