FT CARSON BUTTS AAF, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(053002) FORT CARSON
From Year=1981 To Year=2003
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
65	986	854	721	490	245	57	4	10	120	399	780	1036	5704
60	831	713	566	348	131	16	0	2	56	257	630	881	4432
57	738	629	474	271	82	6	0	1	34	185	541	788	3747
55	676	572	414	224	58	3	0	1	24	146	482	726	3324
50	522	434	272	128	21	0	0	0	10	76	345	573	2381

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