BEND 7 NE, OREGON

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(350699) BEND 7 NE
From Year=1991 To Year=2012
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
40 M	33	36	99	172	376	524	802	799	567	287	85	19	3798
40 S	33	69	168	341	717	1240	2042	2841	3408	3694	3779	3798	3798
45 M	7	11	38	86	242	377	647	644	420	168	34	4	2676
45 S	7	18	56	142	383	760	1407	2051	2471	2638	2673	2676	2676
50 M	1	2	11	36	135	242	492	490	283	84	10	0	1785
50 S	1	3	13	50	185	427	919	1409	1692	1775	1785	1785	1785
55 M	0	0	2	13	66	131	342	340	167	34	1	0	1098
55 S	0	0	2	15	81	213	555	895	1063	1097	1098	1098	1098
60 M	0	0	0	3	27	58	210	205	79	10	0	0	591
60 S	0	0	0	3	30	88	297	502	581	591	591	591	591

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	19	27	83	130	259	344	518	516	387	217	55	10	2566
50 S	19	46	129	259	519	863	1380	1897	2284	2500	2556	2566	2566

M = Monthly Data
S - Running sum of monthly data.
Growing Degree Day units are computed as the difference between the daily average temperature and the base temperature. (Daily Ave. Temp. - Base Temp.) One unit is accumulated for each degree Fahrenheit the average temperature is above the base temperature. Negative numbers are discarded. Example: If the days high temperature was 95 and the low temperature was 51, the base 60 heating degree day units is ((95 + 51) / 2) - 60 = 13. This is done for each day of the month and summed.
Corn Growing Degree Day units have the limitations that the maximum daily temperatures greater than 86 F are set to 86 F and minimums less than 50 F are set to 50 F.
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