MESA VERDE NP, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(055531) MESA VERDE NATL PARK
From Year=1922 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	1112	909	819	549	285	62	4	11	114	422	787	1068	6142
60	957	767	664	402	162	21	1	1	45	276	637	913	4846
57	864	683	571	317	108	10	0	0	24	200	547	820	4144
55	802	626	509	264	80	5	0	0	16	157	487	758	3706
50	647	485	359	153	33	1	0	0	4	77	343	603	2705

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