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