BAILEY, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(050454) BAILEY
From Year=1901 To Year=2012
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
65 1271 1098 1033 781 545 265 113 161 366 682 1001 1235 8551
60 1116 957 878 631 391 136 26 49 222 527 851 1080 6864
57 1023 873 785 541 301 80 8 17 148 435 761 987 5958
55 961 816 723 481 244 53 4 8 107 374 701 925 5397
50 806 675 569 334 126 16 0 1 42 231 552 770 4122
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 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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