LAKE CITY, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(054734) LAKE CITY
From Year=1905 To Year=2010
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
65 1512 1258 1115 810 560 281 136 193 380 695 1067 1465 9472
60 1357 1116 960 660 406 146 33 64 232 540 917 1310 7741
57 1264 1032 867 570 315 86 8 22 152 447 827 1217 6807
55 1202 975 805 510 257 57 3 9 107 385 767 1155 6232
50 1047 834 650 362 134 15 0 0 37 241 617 1000 4937
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