RUXTON PARK, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(057309) RUXTON PARK
From Year=1959 To Year=2012
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
65	1362	1219	1182	932	689	406	270	331	516	815	1099	1335	10156
60	1207	1078	1027	782	535	262	128	180	367	660	949	1180	8354
57	1114	993	934	692	443	184	65	103	280	567	859	1087	7320
55	1052	937	872	632	382	139	37	63	225	505	799	1025	6668
50	897	795	717	483	241	58	6	12	111	353	649	870	5193

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