PAGOSA SPRINGS, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(056258) PAGOSA SPRINGS
From Year=1906 To Year=1998
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
65	1414	1144	1019	717	497	242	64	102	304	631	980	1324	8438
60	1259	1003	864	567	343	115	10	24	166	476	830	1169	6824
57	1166	918	771	477	253	61	2	8	98	383	740	1076	5952
55	1104	862	709	417	196	36	1	4	65	322	680	1014	5409
50	949	720	554	270	84	7	0	1	17	181	530	859	4172

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