ELBERT, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(052593) ELBERT
From Year=1962 To Year=1980
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
65	1248	1036	970	690	434	166	29	71	263	570	922	1163	7562
60	1093	895	815	541	285	75	5	17	141	416	772	1008	6063
57	1000	810	722	451	205	42	2	6	90	326	682	915	5252
55	938	753	660	393	158	28	1	3	65	270	622	853	4745
50	783	612	506	255	74	9	0	0	28	155	474	698	3594

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