BUCKHORN MTN 1 E, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(051060) BUCKHORN MTN 1 E
From Year=1988 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	1065	993	891	707	450	188	46	56	233	556	836	1082	7101
60	910	852	736	559	310	96	14	19	137	410	687	927	5654
57	817	767	643	472	235	57	7	9	94	331	598	834	4863
55	755	710	582	416	191	39	4	5	72	282	540	772	4367
50	601	569	434	285	105	14	1	1	34	178	403	617	3243

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