COCHETOPA CREEK, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(051713) COCHETOPA CREEK
From Year=1909 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 1661 1374 1160 811 555 279 110 158 377 732 1118 1552 9888
60 1506 1233 1005 661 400 145 22 49 233 577 968 1397 8197
57 1413 1148 912 571 310 85 5 17 156 484 878 1304 7285
55 1351 1092 850 511 252 57 2 7 113 423 818 1242 6718
50 1196 950 695 363 131 16 0 1 40 274 668 1087 5423
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