PALISADE, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(056266) PALISADE
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	1094	812	624	349	125	17	0	1	44	283	694	1031	5074
60	939	671	471	221	59	5	0	0	17	162	544	876	3964
57	846	586	381	157	34	2	0	0	9	107	455	783	3360
55	784	530	325	122	22	1	0	0	6	78	396	721	2984
50	629	390	197	56	6	0	0	0	1	32	258	567	2137

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