SHOSHONE, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(057618) SHOSHONE
From Year=1910 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 1263 989 847 546 278 88 5 17 141 448 850 1198 6670
60 1108 847 692 398 155 34 1 2 64 300 700 1043 5345
57 1015 763 599 313 101 17 0 0 36 221 611 950 4626
55 953 706 537 260 73 10 0 0 25 175 551 888 4179
50 798 565 386 150 29 2 0 0 7 87 403 733 3159
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

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