OVID, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(056225) OVID
From Year=1941 To Year=1959
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
65	1246	1070	967	538	315	84	1	8	158	428	842	1155	6810
60	1091	929	812	393	207	41	0	1	81	289	692	1000	5534
57	998	844	719	311	153	24	0	0	50	214	602	907	4821
55	936	787	658	260	123	15	0	0	35	170	542	845	4371
50	781	646	511	158	66	5	0	0	10	88	394	690	3349

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