FT MORGAN, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(053038) FORT MORGAN
From Year=1896 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 1263 1003 847 517 252 56 5 10 139 459 853 1197 6601
60 1108 861 692 374 144 21 1 2 70 314 703 1042 5333
57 1015 777 600 296 98 10 0 1 44 237 613 949 4639
55 953 720 539 248 73 7 0 0 32 192 554 887 4205
50 798 579 394 149 31 2 0 0 13 105 408 732 3212
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