SAGUACHE, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(057337) SAGUACHE
From Year=1894 To Year=2009
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
65 1401 1113 963 677 435 179 54 94 284 603 977 1352 8132
60 1246 972 808 527 283 71 6 18 146 448 827 1197 6549
57 1153 887 715 437 198 34 1 5 82 355 737 1104 5709
55 1091 830 653 378 148 18 0 1 51 295 677 1042 5186
50 936 689 499 235 61 3 0 0 13 161 527 887 4010
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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