LEADVILLE, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(054884) LEADVILLE
From Year=1948 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 1484 1329 1309 1035 741 440 280 338 524 823 1173 1435 10911
60 1329 1188 1154 885 586 291 129 184 374 668 1023 1280 9092
57 1236 1103 1061 795 493 206 57 101 286 575 933 1187 8034
55 1174 1047 999 735 431 156 27 58 230 513 873 1125 7367
50 1019 906 844 585 280 65 2 9 109 359 723 970 5870
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