DINOSAUR NM, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(052286) DINOSAUR NATL MONUMENT
From Year=1965 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	1346	1072	840	560	283	69	2	9	136	491	904	1297	7009
60	1191	931	685	412	163	27	0	1	61	341	754	1142	5709
57	1098	846	592	328	109	13	0	0	37	260	664	1049	4997
55	1036	790	531	274	81	7	0	0	25	211	604	987	4548
50	881	649	381	159	33	1	0	0	9	113	455	832	3513

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