FORT MORGAN, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(053038) FORT MORGAN
From Year=1948 To Year=2002
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
65	1252	964	831	507	227	47	5	9	127	436	847	1159	6411
60	1097	823	676	367	127	18	1	2	65	295	697	1004	5172
57	1004	738	584	290	84	9	0	1	41	221	607	911	4492
55	942	682	524	244	62	6	0	0	30	179	548	849	4065
50	787	541	380	148	25	1	0	0	13	96	403	694	3089

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

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