LIMON WSMO, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(055018) LIMON WSMO
From Year=1971 To Year=1999
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
65 1221 986 867 604 349 85 14 25 182 518 914 1166 6930
60 1066 845 712 456 211 32 3 6 99 368 764 1011 5573
57 973 760 620 372 145 16 1 3 65 287 674 918 4833
55 911 703 559 319 110 9 1 1 49 238 614 856 4368
50 756 563 410 200 49 2 0 0 22 140 470 701 3313
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