WINTER PARK, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(059175) WINTER PARK
From Year=1942 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	1559	1334	1321	944	707	444	263	323	583	868	1252	1503	11101
60	1404	1193	1166	794	552	295	122	172	433	713	1102	1348	9293
57	1311	1108	1073	704	459	212	59	93	344	620	1012	1255	8250
55	1249	1052	1011	644	398	162	32	53	286	558	952	1193	7590
50	1094	910	856	494	251	71	2	8	159	403	802	1038	6089

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