FALLS CITY #2, OREGON

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(352805) FALLS CITY 2
From Year=1961 To Year=2001
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 64 102 172 264 435 592 769 789 637 395 160 68 4447
40 S 64 166 338 602 1037 1630 2398 3188 3824 4219 4379 4447 4447
45 M 18 32 66 134 283 442 614 634 487 245 64 18 3035
45 S 18 49 115 249 532 974 1588 2222 2709 2954 3018 3035 3035
50 M 2 5 16 52 152 294 459 479 338 118 15 3 1932
50 S 2 7 23 75 227 520 979 1458 1796 1914 1929 1932 1932
55 M 0 0 1 15 68 161 304 325 198 41 1 0 1114
55 S 0 0 2 16 84 244 549 874 1071 1113 1114 1114 1114
60 M 0 0 0 2 24 70 165 180 90 9 0 0 540
60 S 0 0 0 2 26 96 261 441 531 540 540 540 540
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 17 44 92 152 258 348 469 486 391 231 62 16 2566
50 S 17 61 153 305 563 911 1380 1866 2257 2488 2550 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