SALIDA, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(057370) SALIDA
From Year=1897 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 1154 971 882 626 391 143 29 59 245 558 860 1144 7063
60 999 830 727 477 242 52 3 8 117 404 710 989 5557
57 906 745 634 387 163 24 1 2 62 313 620 896 4754
55 844 689 573 329 119 13 0 1 39 255 561 834 4255
50 689 548 419 196 48 2 0 0 12 132 412 679 3137
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