CREEDE, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(051944) CREEDE 2 S
From Year=1983 To Year=1993
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
65 1519 1195 1071 771 606 352 209 237 410 664 1186 1536 9755
60 1364 1053 916 621 451 203 65 87 260 509 1036 1381 7947
57 1271 968 823 531 358 124 17 34 174 416 946 1288 6950
55 1209 912 761 471 296 82 6 19 120 354 886 1226 6342
50 1054 770 606 322 150 19 0 4 22 203 736 1071 4957
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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