MESA VERDE NATL PARK, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(055531) MESA VERDE NATL PARK
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 1108 911 826 562 293 68 5 12 114 422 798 1075 6193
60 953 770 671 413 168 23 0 1 45 276 648 920 4889
57 860 685 578 327 112 11 0 0 24 202 558 827 4185
55 798 629 516 273 84 6 0 0 15 160 498 765 3744
50 643 488 366 158 35 1 0 0 4 81 353 610 2738
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