PALISADE, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Cooling Degree Days

Station:(056266) PALISADE
From Year=1911 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	10	76	265	528	737	655	388	101	1	0	2761
57	0	0	5	52	216	469	675	593	332	70	0	0	2411
60	0	0	2	26	149	383	582	500	250	37	0	0	1927
65	0	0	0	5	63	246	427	345	130	8	0	0	1225
70	0	0	0	0	16	129	274	196	46	1	0	0	662

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