VALLEY FALLS 3 SSE, OREGON

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(358818) VALLEY FALLS 3 SSE
From Year=1965 To Year=1983
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 12 27 66 149 374 569 871 803 575 309 71 21 3848
40 S 12 39 105 254 629 1198 2069 2872 3447 3757 3828 3848 3848
45 M 1 6 26 70 241 422 716 648 429 192 20 3 2774
45 S 1 7 33 102 344 766 1482 2130 2559 2751 2771 2774 2774
50 M 0 1 6 25 132 287 561 494 291 99 3 0 1898
50 S 0 1 7 32 163 450 1011 1505 1796 1895 1898 1898 1898
55 M 0 0 0 5 56 171 408 344 169 39 0 0 1193
55 S 0 0 0 5 61 232 640 985 1154 1193 1193 1193 1193
60 M 0 0 0 0 16 83 262 212 73 11 0 0 658
60 S 0 0 0 0 16 100 361 574 647 658 658 658 658
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 4 17 51 119 259 362 552 505 386 218 41 9 2522
50 S 4 21 72 191 450 812 1364 1868 2254 2472 2513 2522 2522
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