BROWNS PARK REFUGE, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(051017) BROWNS PARK REFUGE
From Year=1966 To Year=1997
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
65	1296	1033	879	609	351	117	18	37	241	593	947	1264	7385
60	1141	891	724	460	206	43	3	7	123	439	797	1109	5944
57	1048	806	631	372	136	21	1	3	74	348	707	1016	5163
55	986	750	569	316	100	11	0	1	50	289	647	954	4674
50	831	609	414	187	40	2	0	0	16	161	497	799	3557

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