SUGARLOAF RSVR, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(058064) SUGARLOAF RESERVOIR
From Year=1900 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 1507 1356 1306 1017 748 438 280 338 535 829 1155 1441 10952
60 1352 1215 1151 867 593 293 139 192 386 674 1005 1286 9153
57 1259 1130 1058 777 501 210 69 112 298 582 915 1193 8104
55 1197 1074 996 717 439 160 36 69 241 520 855 1131 7436
50 1042 932 841 568 290 65 4 12 116 366 705 976 5918
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