COCHETOPA CREEK, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(051713) COCHETOPA CREEK
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	1660	1376	1166	817	558	284	115	162	379	733	1121	1556	9928
60	1505	1235	1011	667	403	149	24	52	236	578	971	1401	8232
57	1412	1151	918	577	313	87	6	18	159	485	881	1308	7315
55	1350	1094	856	517	255	59	2	8	115	423	821	1246	6746
50	1195	953	701	369	133	17	0	1	41	273	671	1091	5446

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