FT LUPTON 2 SE, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(053027) FORT LUPTON 2 SE
From Year=1910 To Year=1976
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
65	1191	947	855	530	249	57	4	8	141	450	835	1125	6393
60	1036	806	700	384	137	20	1	1	67	302	685	970	5109
57	943	721	608	302	88	9	0	0	40	224	595	877	4408
55	881	665	547	253	63	6	0	0	28	179	535	815	3971
50	727	525	400	148	24	2	0	0	11	93	389	661	2978

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