PENDLETON RADIO KUMA, OREGON

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(356541) PENDLETON RADIO KUMA
From Year=1892 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 48 66 185 355 570 737 990 938 663 375 125 53 5105
40 S 48 114 299 654 1224 1962 2952 3890 4552 4928 5052 5105 5105
45 M 16 22 81 214 416 587 835 783 513 233 52 18 3768
45 S 16 37 118 332 748 1335 2170 2953 3466 3698 3750 3768 3768
50 M 4 5 25 102 267 438 680 628 365 116 16 5 2649
50 S 4 9 34 136 402 840 1519 2147 2512 2629 2644 2649 2649
55 M 0 1 4 37 142 291 525 473 225 42 3 1 1745
55 S 0 1 5 42 185 475 1000 1474 1699 1741 1744 1745 1745
60 M 0 0 0 10 60 161 371 320 111 9 1 0 1044
60 S 0 0 0 11 71 232 603 923 1034 1044 1044 1044 1044
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 25 40 124 233 355 456 604 578 432 261 71 26 3207
50 S 25 65 189 423 778 1234 1838 2416 2849 3110 3181 3207 3207
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