STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(057936) STEAMBOAT SPRINGS
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	1551	1300	1154	783	517	283	107	150	372	707	1089	1487	9503
60	1396	1159	999	633	363	146	22	44	228	553	939	1332	7815
57	1303	1075	906	543	273	84	6	15	152	460	849	1239	6906
55	1241	1018	844	483	217	55	2	7	109	398	789	1177	6342
50	1086	877	689	337	103	15	0	1	41	251	639	1022	5061

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