WALSENBURG 1 NW, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(058781) WALSENBURG
From Year=1934 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	952	817	731	473	233	47	4	8	103	361	692	927	5348
60	797	675	577	330	123	14	0	1	41	225	542	772	4098
57	705	591	485	252	77	6	0	0	22	159	455	679	3431
55	643	535	426	205	55	4	0	0	14	123	399	617	3021
50	491	399	290	114	21	1	0	0	5	60	272	467	2119

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