STAYTON, OREGON

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(358095) STAYTON
From Year=1951 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 93 123 206 307 489 635 810 809 653 424 184 97 4830
40 S 93 216 422 729 1218 1853 2663 3472 4125 4549 4733 4830 4830
45 M 31 43 87 167 334 485 655 654 503 274 81 32 3346
45 S 31 74 161 328 663 1148 1803 2457 2960 3233 3314 3346 3346
50 M 5 8 24 67 191 335 500 499 353 141 21 6 2151
50 S 5 14 37 105 295 631 1131 1630 1983 2124 2145 2151 2151
55 M 0 1 3 20 86 192 346 344 209 52 3 0 1257
55 S 0 1 4 24 111 303 649 993 1202 1254 1257 1257 1257
60 M 0 0 0 4 31 86 197 194 93 11 0 0 615
60 S 0 0 0 4 35 120 317 511 604 615 615 615 615
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 25 48 98 160 272 365 497 499 395 229 64 25 2676
50 S 25 72 170 330 603 968 1465 1964 2358 2588 2652 2676 2676
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