PORT ORFORD 2, OREGON

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(356784) PORT ORFORD 2
From Year=1963 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 230 222 262 296 416 510 617 631 572 470 303 227 4754
40 S 230 451 713 1009 1424 1934 2551 3182 3754 4224 4527 4754 4754
45 M 103 99 120 150 261 360 462 476 422 315 160 99 3027
45 S 103 202 322 472 732 1092 1554 2030 2452 2767 2928 3027 3027
50 M 28 24 28 44 116 210 307 321 272 166 54 26 1597
50 S 28 52 80 124 240 450 757 1078 1350 1517 1571 1597 1597
55 M 4 2 2 8 28 74 154 168 130 56 7 3 636
55 S 4 7 9 17 45 119 272 440 570 626 633 636 636
60 M 0 0 0 1 5 8 32 42 32 11 0 0 131
60 S 0 0 1 2 6 14 46 88 119 130 131 131 131
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 74 76 89 110 174 232 314 331 294 222 113 73 2102
50 S 74 150 239 349 523 755 1070 1400 1694 1916 2029 2102 2102
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