STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(057936) STEAMBOAT SPRINGS
From Year=1908 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 1552 1297 1153 784 518 286 110 154 376 710 1094 1491 9524
60 1397 1155 998 634 364 149 23 46 231 555 944 1336 7832
57 1304 1071 905 544 274 86 6 16 155 463 854 1243 6919
55 1242 1014 843 484 217 56 2 7 112 401 794 1181 6354
50 1087 873 688 337 102 15 0 1 42 253 644 1026 5069
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