BONHAM RSVR, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(050825) BONHAM RESERVOIR
From Year=1963 To Year=2012
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
65 1660 1510 1423 1135 844 505 336 424 643 976 1278 1629 12364
60 1505 1368 1268 985 689 355 184 270 493 821 1128 1474 10542
57 1412 1283 1175 895 596 268 108 181 403 728 1038 1381 9470
55 1350 1227 1113 835 534 217 69 126 343 666 978 1319 8779
50 1195 1085 958 685 381 113 13 30 199 511 828 1164 7161
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

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