BEDROCK, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(050581) BEDROCK 1 N
From Year=1997 To Year=2005
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
65	1051	861	712	486	213	44	1	2	87	417	791	1106	5771
60	896	720	558	338	112	12	0	0	34	270	641	951	4532
57	803	636	466	256	70	6	0	0	19	190	552	858	3855
55	741	579	405	208	48	3	0	0	13	144	492	796	3430
50	586	438	263	110	15	1	0	0	5	63	346	641	2467

Heating Degree Day units are computed as the difference between the base temperature and the daily average temperature. (Base Temp. - Daily Ave. Temp.) One unit is accumulated for each degree Fahrenheit the average temperature is below the base temperature. Negative numbers are discarded. Example: If the days high temperature was 65 and the low temperature was 31, the base 50 heating degree day units is 50 - ((65 + 31) / 2) = 2. 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