WOLF CREEK PASS 1 E, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(059181) WOLF CREEK PASS 1 E
From Year=1957 To Year=2001
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
65	1479	1310	1319	1072	791	511	366	420	595	896	1198	1444	11402
60	1324	1168	1164	922	636	362	212	265	445	741	1048	1289	9577
57	1231	1084	1071	832	543	273	124	174	356	648	958	1196	8489
55	1169	1027	1009	772	481	216	74	118	296	586	898	1134	7781
50	1014	886	854	622	328	99	10	28	159	431	748	979	6157

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