KAUFFMAN 4 SSE, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(054460) KAUFFMAN 4 SSE
From Year=1936 To Year=1987
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
65	1209	991	929	600	331	101	10	19	184	495	883	1110	6864
60	1054	850	774	452	199	41	2	4	97	346	733	955	5507
57	961	765	681	367	136	22	0	1	62	264	643	862	4765
55	899	709	620	314	101	14	0	0	45	216	583	800	4301
50	744	569	470	195	41	3	0	0	19	118	436	646	3241

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