GORE PASS RCH, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(053423) GORE PASS RANCH
From Year=1957 To Year=1963
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
65	1685	1253	1290	839	556	308	175	206	479	731	1081	1464	10068
60	1530	1112	1135	689	401	160	48	72	329	576	931	1309	8292
57	1437	1027	1042	599	308	89	16	27	242	483	841	1216	7327
55	1375	970	980	539	248	54	7	12	187	421	781	1154	6728
50	1220	829	825	390	117	8	0	1	83	270	631	999	5373

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