JOSEPH, OREGON

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(354329) JOSEPH RANGER STN
From Year=1893 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 2 3 29 121 293 464 745 707 450 202 33 5 3055
40 S 2 6 35 156 449 913 1658 2365 2815 3017 3050 3055 3055
45 M 0 0 6 52 172 320 590 552 310 102 8 1 2114
45 S 0 1 7 59 231 550 1141 1693 2003 2105 2113 2114 2114
50 M 0 0 1 17 84 192 437 400 188 40 1 0 1359
50 S 0 0 1 18 101 293 730 1130 1317 1357 1359 1359 1359
55 M 0 0 0 4 33 96 290 257 94 10 0 0 784
55 S 0 0 0 4 37 133 423 679 773 784 784 784 784
60 M 0 0 0 1 10 38 162 136 37 1 0 0 385
60 S 0 0 0 1 11 49 211 347 384 385 385 385 385
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 1 3 27 95 195 290 482 461 302 148 25 3 2031
50 S 1 4 31 126 321 611 1093 1554 1856 2004 2029 2031 2031
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