WHEAT RIDGE 2, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(058995) WHEAT RIDGE 2
From Year=1981 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	1000	872	729	512	253	61	5	11	146	469	770	1039	5866
60	845	730	574	368	139	19	1	2	71	323	620	884	4577
57	752	646	482	289	91	9	0	1	45	245	530	791	3880
55	690	589	423	241	65	5	0	1	32	199	472	729	3446
50	536	450	285	143	25	1	0	0	14	110	336	575	2476

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