WAGON WHEEL GAP 3 N, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(058742) WAGON WHEEL GAP 3 N
From Year=1948 To Year=1972
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
65 1659 1367 1266 901 666 416 216 269 468 777 1177 1581 10766
60 1504 1226 1111 751 511 268 76 123 318 622 1027 1426 8964
57 1411 1141 1018 661 418 184 27 57 230 529 937 1333 7948
55 1349 1085 956 601 357 135 11 29 174 467 877 1271 7313
50 1194 943 801 452 208 46 1 2 63 314 727 1116 5867
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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