COVE, OREGON

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(351924) COVE
From Year=1973 To Year=1988
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
40 M	8	32	81	200	374	592	781	769	505	262	67	22	3694
40 S	8	40	121	321	695	1287	2068	2837	3342	3605	3671	3694	3694
45 M	1	7	26	102	232	442	626	614	359	139	22	6	2576
45 S	1	7	33	135	367	809	1436	2049	2409	2547	2569	2576	2576
50 M	0	1	6	42	122	298	471	459	229	57	5	2	1691
50 S	0	1	7	49	170	468	940	1399	1627	1684	1689	1691	1691
55 M	0	0	0	13	53	173	319	308	121	16	1	0	1004
55 S	0	0	0	14	66	239	558	866	987	1003	1003	1004	1004
60 M	0	0	0	3	19	80	182	173	44	3	0	0	503
60 S	0	0	0	3	22	102	284	457	500	503	503	503	503

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	3	15	58	147	249	385	503	493	355	207	38	10	2462
50 S	3	18	75	223	471	857	1359	1852	2207	2415	2453	2462	2462

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