COLORADO SPRINGS MUNI AP, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(051778) COLORADO SPRINGS WSO AP
From Year=1948 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	1097	925	840	560	296	75	9	19	154	462	811	1064	6312
60	942	784	685	414	173	28	2	4	76	317	661	909	4994
57	849	700	593	331	117	14	1	2	48	242	572	816	4282
55	787	643	532	280	87	9	0	1	35	197	513	754	3837
50	632	504	387	171	37	2	0	0	15	109	372	600	2829

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