PARADOX 1 E, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(056315) PARADOX 1 E
From Year=1948 To Year=1977
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
65 1195 896 786 501 230 49 0 5 115 426 818 1123 6145
60 1040 755 631 353 114 13 0 0 40 276 668 968 4858
57 947 670 538 269 69 5 0 0 18 195 578 875 4164
55 885 614 477 217 47 3 0 0 10 150 518 813 3732
50 730 472 325 112 14 0 0 0 2 68 369 658 2751
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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