ROCKY FORD 2 SE, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(057167) ROCKY FORD 2 SE
From Year=1893 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 1082 854 689 377 147 17 1 2 68 348 743 1050 5377
60 927 713 535 244 69 4 0 0 27 215 593 895 4222
57 834 628 446 177 40 1 0 0 15 149 504 802 3596
55 773 572 388 139 26 1 0 0 10 113 445 740 3207
50 619 434 256 69 9 0 0 0 4 52 305 586 2334
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