BRECKENRIDGE, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(050909) BRECKENRIDGE
From Year=1948 To Year=2006
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
65 1480 1286 1135 870 711 -99 225 204 -99 -99 -99 1413 -99
60 1325 1146 980 720 557 -99 82 60 -99 -99 -99 1258 -99
57 1232 1062 887 630 468 -99 32 16 -99 -99 -99 1165 -99
55 1170 1006 825 570 410 -99 15 6 -99 -99 -99 1103 -99
50 1015 866 670 420 275 -99 1 0 -99 -99 -99 948 -99
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 Jul 28, 2006
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