CABIN CREEK, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(051186) CABIN CREEK
From Year=1968 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	1373	1229	1211	991	728	418	274	326	512	825	1126	1341	10354
60	1218	1087	1056	841	573	271	130	174	362	670	976	1186	8545
57	1125	1002	963	751	481	191	65	96	274	577	886	1093	7505
55	1063	946	901	691	419	146	36	56	219	516	826	1031	6849
50	908	805	746	541	272	63	6	9	106	363	676	876	5371

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