PARKER 6 E, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(056326) PARKER 6 E
From Year=1922 To Year=1997
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
65 1145 958 887 596 343 99 11 19 162 462 841 1069 6591
60 990 817 732 449 209 41 2 3 81 317 691 914 5246
57 897 732 639 365 145 22 0 1 50 240 601 821 4514
55 836 675 578 312 110 14 0 0 36 195 543 759 4058
50 681 536 431 197 49 3 0 0 15 107 401 605 3025
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