LIMON, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(055017) LIMON
From Year=1948 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 1215 1008 965 607 318 78 7 17 175 506 876 1136 6908
60 1060 867 810 458 190 28 1 4 87 356 726 981 5569
57 967 782 717 372 130 15 0 2 53 275 636 888 4838
55 905 726 656 318 98 9 0 1 37 227 576 826 4379
50 750 586 504 198 44 2 0 0 15 128 427 672 3327
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