CLIMAX, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(051660) CLIMAX
From Year=1893 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	1601	1421	1407	1162	903	571	406	461	640	980	1307	1570	12427
60	1446	1280	1252	1012	748	421	252	306	490	825	1157	1415	10602
57	1353	1195	1159	922	655	332	164	214	400	732	1067	1322	9514
55	1291	1138	1097	862	593	274	112	156	341	670	1007	1260	8799
50	1136	997	942	712	438	147	26	44	199	515	857	1105	7118

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