SPRINGFIELD 7 WSW, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(057866) SPRINGFIELD 7 WSW
From Year=1956 To Year=2002
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
65 1023 811 702 400 168 23 1 3 81 318 698 956 5185
60 868 670 549 267 83 7 0 0 37 197 548 801 4027
57 775 585 461 199 50 2 0 0 23 139 461 708 3404
55 713 530 404 161 34 1 0 0 16 107 405 646 3018
50 561 395 276 87 11 0 0 0 6 52 277 495 2159
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