GOVERNMENT CAMP, OREGON

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(353402) GOVERNMENT CAMP
From Year=1951 To Year=2012
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
40 M	6	11	23	57	166	303	531	535	390	187	32	8	2249
40 S	6	16	39	96	262	566	1097	1632	2022	2209	2241	2249	2249
45 M	1	2	6	22	87	184	380	382	257	98	9	1	1428
45 S	1	2	8	30	117	301	681	1063	1319	1418	1426	1428	1428
50 M	0	0	0	6	39	97	242	242	150	43	1	0	822
50 S	0	0	1	7	46	143	386	627	778	821	822	822	822
55 M	0	0	0	1	14	43	132	130	74	14	0	0	409
55 S	0	0	0	1	15	58	190	321	395	409	409	409	409
60 M	0	0	0	0	3	15	60	58	28	3	0	0	168
60 S	0	0	0	0	4	18	78	136	165	168	168	168	168

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	2	6	14	36	96	160	299	298	213	98	13	4	1239
50 S	2	8	22	57	154	314	613	911	1124	1223	1235	1239	1239

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