LA VETA, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(054865) LA VETA
From Year=1963 To Year=1971
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
65 1031 974 995 624 393 161 10 52 243 492 721 1153 6846
60 876 832 840 475 246 63 0 15 120 340 571 998 5376
57 783 747 747 387 170 29 0 7 70 257 481 905 4581
55 721 691 685 330 127 14 0 3 45 205 421 843 4084
50 569 549 531 197 54 1 0 0 11 98 273 688 2971
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