BUENA VISTA 2 S, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(051071) BUENA VISTA
From Year=1899 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 1248 1059 965 723 470 206 74 120 303 616 948 1241 7974
60 1093 918 810 573 317 94 16 33 166 462 798 1086 6367
57 1000 833 717 483 232 51 6 12 101 370 708 993 5506
55 938 777 655 424 180 31 3 6 68 310 649 931 4971
50 783 635 500 281 82 7 0 1 22 177 499 776 3764
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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