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