PAGOSA SPRINGS, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(056258) PAGOSA SPRINGS
From Year=1906 To Year=1998
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
65 1405 1136 1004 705 488 235 57 90 289 622 969 1321 8323
60 1250 995 849 555 334 109 8 17 153 467 819 1166 6721
57 1157 910 756 465 244 56 2 4 87 374 729 1073 5858
55 1095 854 694 405 188 33 1 1 56 313 669 1011 5319
50 940 712 539 259 77 6 0 0 13 172 519 856 4094
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