LA GRANDE, OREGON

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(354615) LA GRANDE
From Year=1948 To Year=1965
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 14 33 74 243 473 667 939 888 647 331 82 18 4408
40 S 14 48 122 365 837 1504 2443 3330 3977 4308 4390 4408 4408
45 M 3 8 24 126 324 517 784 733 497 197 26 2 3241
45 S 3 10 34 160 485 1002 1786 2518 3016 3213 3239 3241 3241
50 M 0 1 5 51 196 369 629 578 352 96 4 0 2281
50 S 0 1 6 58 253 623 1252 1829 2181 2277 2281 2281 2281
55 M 0 0 1 15 100 232 474 424 218 33 0 0 1496
55 S 0 0 1 16 116 347 821 1245 1463 1496 1496 1496 1496
60 M 0 0 0 2 40 121 323 277 112 6 0 0 882
60 S 0 0 0 2 42 163 486 763 876 882 882 882 882
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 3 14 51 163 297 409 585 556 417 217 43 5 2762
50 S 3 18 69 232 529 938 1523 2079 2496 2713 2756 2762 2762
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