BLACK CANYON GUNNISON, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(050754) BLACK CANYON GUNNISON
From Year=2004 To Year=2012
Cooling Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
55 0 0 0 2 40 177 358 288 94 6 0 0 965
57 0 0 0 1 23 132 297 229 61 3 0 0 745
60 0 0 0 0 8 76 206 145 26 0 0 0 461
65 0 0 0 0 1 18 75 39 2 0 0 0 135
70 0 0 0 0 0 2 12 3 0 0 0 0 17
Cooling Degree Day units are computed as the difference between the daily average temperature and the base temperature. (Daily Ave. Temp. - Base Temp.) One unit is accumulated for each degree Fahrenheit the average temperature is above the base temperature. Negative numbers are discarded. Example: If the days high temperature was 95 and the low temperature was 51, the base 60 heating degree day units is ((95 + 51) / 2) - 60 = 13. This is done for each day of the month and summed.
Table updated on Oct 31, 2012
Months with 5 or more missing days are not considered
Years with 1 or more missing months are not considered

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