PALISADE LAKES 6 SSE, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(056271) PALISADE LAKES 6 SSE
From Year=1947 To Year=1971
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
65	1435	1242	1162	887	616	380	166	252	380	638	934	1409	9500
60	1280	1101	1007	737	461	232	44	115	232	483	786	1254	7730
57	1187	1016	914	647	368	151	11	54	145	390	698	1161	6741
55	1125	959	852	587	306	102	4	29	94	329	640	1099	6124
50	970	818	697	437	164	23	0	4	20	183	496	944	4757

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