PLATORO, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(056559) PLATORO
From Year=1949 To Year=1991
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
65 1639 1370 1341 1012 783 501 372 402 590 862 1174 1597 11642
60 1484 1229 1186 862 628 351 217 250 440 707 1024 1442 9820
57 1391 1145 1093 772 535 261 128 163 350 614 934 1349 8734
55 1329 1089 1031 712 473 203 75 108 290 552 874 1287 8023
50 1174 948 876 562 319 81 6 20 148 397 724 1132 6388
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