CIMARRON, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(051609) CIMARRON
From Year=1951 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	1481	1211	1010	706	464	202	48	82	309	643	1010	1411	8579
60	1326	1069	855	556	311	84	5	15	170	488	860	1256	6996
57	1233	985	762	467	223	41	0	3	101	395	770	1163	6144
55	1171	928	700	407	169	23	0	1	66	334	710	1101	5611
50	1016	787	546	263	70	3	0	0	18	190	560	946	4398

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

Western Regional Climate Center, wrcc@dri.edu