SALIDA 3 W, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(057371) SALIDA 3 W
From Year=1970 To Year=1984
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
65	1192	980	911	662	424	125	34	69	237	559	916	1115	7223
60	1037	838	756	512	274	49	5	9	114	404	766	960	5725
57	944	753	663	423	192	25	1	2	64	314	676	867	4924
55	882	697	601	365	145	15	0	1	43	258	616	805	4428
50	727	556	449	231	62	4	0	0	16	147	470	650	3310

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