DENVER WSO CITY, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(052225) DENVER WSO CITY
From Year=1948 To Year=1974
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
65 999 828 800 500 234 54 8 8 120 362 707 925 5543
60 844 687 646 362 133 21 3 2 64 236 557 770 4324
57 751 603 556 288 89 12 1 0 43 176 469 678 3665
55 689 547 497 242 66 8 1 0 32 142 412 616 3253
50 539 413 361 147 29 2 0 0 15 78 284 466 2333
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