PARADOX 1 W, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(056318) PARADOX 1 W
From Year=1977 To Year=1995
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
65	1134	839	691	441	220	33	1	7	97	421	795	1090	5770
60	979	697	536	297	109	9	0	0	34	270	645	935	4512
57	886	613	444	219	64	4	0	0	17	191	555	842	3833
55	824	556	383	173	42	2	0	0	10	144	495	780	3409
50	669	415	237	82	12	0	0	0	2	60	348	625	2448

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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