MONUMENT 2 WSW, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(055730) MONUMENT 2 WSW
From Year=1911 To Year=1964
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
65 1166 1005 978 699 434 166 43 62 229 535 861 1086 7265
60 1011 864 823 550 290 78 9 14 123 385 711 931 5788
57 918 780 730 461 214 44 3 5 80 300 621 838 4994
55 856 723 668 404 170 29 1 2 59 249 562 776 4498
50 701 583 516 272 86 9 0 0 25 147 415 622 3375
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

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