PALISADE, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(056266) PALISADE
From Year=1948 To Year=2006
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	11	79	276	540	752	670	400	115	2	0	2844
57	0	0	6	54	225	481	690	608	343	82	0	0	2489
60	0	0	2	28	158	393	597	515	261	44	0	0	1997
65	0	0	0	6	69	255	442	360	138	10	0	0	1281
70	0	0	0	0	18	135	288	211	51	1	0	0	705

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 Jul 28, 2006
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