PALMER LAKE, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(056280) PALMER LAKE
From Year=1899 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 1188 994 972 733 471 174 47 82 274 599 916 1092 7542
60 1033 853 818 583 324 85 12 28 161 448 766 937 6048
57 940 768 725 494 244 53 4 12 113 364 676 844 5239
55 878 712 663 435 198 37 2 7 90 312 617 782 4732
50 723 570 511 296 108 15 1 1 50 197 471 628 3571
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