WHEAT RIDGE 2, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(058995) WHEAT RIDGE 2
From Year=1981 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	4	30	134	341	540	473	226	41	2	0	1791
57	0	0	1	18	98	285	478	411	178	25	1	0	1494
60	0	0	0	6	54	205	386	320	115	9	0	0	1095
65	0	0	0	1	12	97	235	173	40	1	0	0	558
70	0	0	0	0	1	30	100	56	6	0	0	0	193

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