GOLD BEACH RANGER STN, OREGON

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(353356) GOLD BEACH RANGER STN
From Year=1948 To Year=2006
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
40 M	233	238	271	316	420	517	599	623	577	481	328	247	4852
40 S	233	471	743	1059	1479	1997	2596	3219	3796	4277	4605	4852	4852
45 M	108	112	127	169	265	367	444	468	427	326	184	110	3108
45 S	108	220	347	516	781	1148	1593	2061	2488	2814	2997	3108	3108
50 M	31	32	33	52	118	218	289	313	277	177	68	28	1635
50 S	31	62	95	147	265	482	772	1085	1362	1538	1607	1635	1635
55 M	3	4	4	9	27	81	138	160	134	60	12	4	637
55 S	3	8	12	20	47	128	266	426	560	620	633	637	637
60 M	0	0	0	1	4	13	28	36	34	11	1	0	130
60 S	0	0	1	2	6	19	47	84	118	129	130	130	130

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	75	83	98	124	181	243	303	322	295	225	125	77	2150
50 S	75	158	256	380	561	804	1107	1429	1723	1949	2073	2150	2150

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 Jul 28, 2006
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