FORDER 8 S, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(052997) FORDER 8 S
From Year=1932 To Year=1979
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 2 27 175 445 627 542 276 61 0 0 2156
57 0 0 1 15 133 387 565 480 225 37 0 0 1843
60 0 0 0 5 80 301 472 388 154 14 0 0 1415
65 0 0 0 0 25 170 319 239 64 1 0 0 818
70 0 0 0 0 4 72 175 110 18 0 0 0 379
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

Western Regional Climate Center, wrcc@dri.edu