KIT CARSON, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(054603) KIT CARSON 6 SE
From Year=1893 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	1175	940	798	476	207	36	3	6	105	406	808	1106	6065
60	1020	798	643	334	111	12	0	1	50	267	658	951	4846
57	927	714	552	258	70	5	0	0	30	197	568	858	4180
55	865	657	492	212	50	3	0	0	22	157	509	796	3763
50	711	517	350	120	19	1	0	0	9	80	366	641	2814

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