OSWEGO EAST, NEW YORK

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(306314) OSWEGO EAST
From Year=1926 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 8 6 46 178 471 743 949 912 672 366 120 18 4490
40 S 8 14 61 239 710 1453 2402 3314 3986 4351 4471 4490 4490
45 M 3 2 22 98 324 593 794 757 522 231 57 6 3409
45 S 3 4 26 125 449 1042 1836 2593 3115 3346 3403 3409 3409
50 M 1 0 9 50 199 444 639 602 375 127 22 2 2471
50 S 1 1 10 60 260 704 1342 1945 2320 2446 2469 2471 2471
55 M 0 0 4 23 108 301 484 447 240 58 7 0 1672
55 S 0 0 4 26 135 436 920 1367 1606 1665 1671 1672 1672
60 M 0 0 1 9 50 177 329 294 129 21 1 0 1012
60 S 0 0 1 10 60 237 566 860 990 1011 1012 1012 1012
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 3 3 25 91 248 452 633 599 392 170 45 6 2667
50 S 3 6 31 122 370 822 1455 2054 2445 2616 2661 2667 2667
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