DINOSAUR NATL MONUMENT, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(052286) DINOSAUR NATL MONUMENT
From Year=1965 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	1336	1070	847	561	284	72	2	8	139	489	915	1294	7019
60	1181	929	692	414	163	29	0	1	64	339	765	1139	5715
57	1088	845	599	329	109	14	0	0	38	258	675	1046	5001
55	1026	788	538	276	81	8	0	0	26	209	615	984	4551
50	871	647	387	160	33	1	0	0	9	111	466	829	3514

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