HOT SULPHUR SPGS 2 SW, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(054129) HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS 2 S
From Year=1941 To Year=1981
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
65	1568	1345	1219	854	578	322	143	197	413	730	1118	1507	9994
60	1413	1203	1064	704	423	180	35	70	266	575	968	1352	8255
57	1320	1118	971	614	331	109	9	28	184	482	878	1259	7304
55	1258	1062	909	554	271	71	3	13	136	421	818	1197	6712
50	1103	920	754	405	141	19	0	1	51	271	668	1042	5375

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