CASCADE SUMMIT, OREGON

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(351415) CASCADE SUMMIT
From Year=1927 To Year=1947
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 0 1 11 53 181 315 574 544 323 141 18 2 2162
40 S 0 1 12 65 246 561 1135 1678 2002 2143 2161 2162 2162
45 M 0 0 0 14 87 184 419 390 194 59 3 0 1350
45 S 0 0 0 15 102 285 704 1094 1288 1347 1350 1350 1350
50 M 0 0 0 2 31 89 272 243 94 19 0 0 749
50 S 0 0 0 2 33 121 393 636 730 749 749 749 749
55 M 0 0 0 0 7 33 144 119 32 4 0 0 339
55 S 0 0 0 0 7 40 184 304 336 339 339 339 339
60 M 0 0 0 0 1 9 56 44 7 1 0 0 117
60 S 0 0 0 0 1 10 65 110 116 117 117 117 117
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 0 2 11 48 132 205 378 362 213 87 14 1 1454
50 S 0 2 13 61 194 399 776 1139 1351 1439 1453 1454 1454
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