SHEEP MTN, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(057572) SHEEP MOUNTAIN
From Year=1988 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	1092	980	873	659	401	126	33	54	213	535	850	1121	6938
60	937	839	718	509	257	48	6	10	103	382	700	966	5475
57	844	754	625	421	183	23	2	3	58	297	610	873	4692
55	782	697	563	364	141	13	0	2	38	245	550	811	4206
50	627	556	414	233	67	3	0	0	13	136	406	656	3109

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