FISH LAKE, OREGON

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(352928) FISH LAKE
From Year=1918 To Year=1956
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 2 5 29 98 259 387 653 624 456 225 57 4 2798
40 S 2 7 36 133 393 779 1432 2055 2512 2736 2794 2798 2798
45 M 0 0 7 38 150 252 498 469 318 117 16 0 1866
45 S 0 0 7 45 195 447 945 1415 1733 1850 1866 1866 1866
50 M 0 0 1 11 72 144 346 320 196 45 3 0 1137
50 S 0 0 1 12 83 227 574 894 1090 1135 1137 1137 1137
55 M 0 0 0 2 25 70 206 183 98 12 0 0 596
55 S 0 0 0 2 27 97 303 486 583 595 596 596 596
60 M 0 0 0 0 5 28 93 78 36 2 0 0 242
60 S 0 0 0 0 5 33 126 204 239 242 242 242 242
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 4 9 37 92 192 257 438 425 328 180 55 6 2023
50 S 4 13 50 142 335 591 1029 1453 1782 1962 2017 2023 2023
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