ENTERPRISE RS, OREGON

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(352672) ENTERPRISE R S
From Year=1931 To Year=1981
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 5 7 32 127 320 484 708 659 428 191 25 7 2991
40 S 5 12 43 170 490 974 1682 2340 2768 2959 2984 2991 2991
45 M 1 1 7 52 186 336 553 504 285 89 6 1 2021
45 S 1 2 9 61 247 583 1136 1640 1925 2014 2020 2021 2021
50 M 0 0 1 15 87 200 399 351 160 28 1 0 1242
50 S 0 0 1 17 104 304 703 1053 1213 1241 1242 1242 1242
55 M 0 0 0 3 30 95 250 208 67 5 0 0 658
55 S 0 0 0 3 34 129 378 586 653 658 658 658 658
60 M 0 0 0 0 7 34 122 94 18 0 0 0 276
60 S 0 0 0 0 7 42 164 257 275 276 276 276 276
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 3 8 39 122 244 332 489 475 345 185 28 4 2274
50 S 3 11 50 172 416 748 1237 1712 2057 2242 2271 2274 2274
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