SALIDA, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(057370) SALIDA
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	1139	974	888	622	379	137	27	63	250	561	871	1138	7049
60	984	833	733	472	231	48	2	8	120	407	721	983	5543
57	891	748	640	383	154	21	1	2	64	317	631	890	4742
55	829	691	578	324	112	11	0	1	39	258	571	828	4244
50	674	550	424	194	45	1	0	0	11	135	423	673	3131

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