MONUMENT, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(055734) MONUMENT
From Year=1988 To Year=2003
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
65 1131 988 909 662 379 139 38 51 243 581 911 1157 7190
60 976 847 754 514 240 59 9 10 135 428 761 1002 5736
57 883 762 661 427 170 31 3 4 88 342 671 909 4953
55 821 706 600 372 130 19 1 3 66 288 611 847 4464
50 667 565 449 245 60 5 0 0 30 174 466 692 3351
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

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