ALSEA F H FALL CREEK, OREGON

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(350145) ALSEA FISH HATCHERY
From Year=1954 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 94 88 116 200 373 503 687 688 557 319 149 53 3827
40 S 94 182 298 498 871 1374 2060 2749 3306 3624 3773 3827 3827
45 M 26 23 29 85 223 353 532 533 407 170 53 16 2448
45 S 26 49 77 162 385 737 1269 1802 2209 2379 2432 2448 2448
50 M 2 1 4 31 103 206 377 378 258 62 13 1 1435
50 S 2 3 7 38 140 347 723 1102 1359 1421 1434 1435 1435
55 M 0 0 0 9 42 89 225 226 119 9 0 0 719
55 S 0 0 0 10 51 140 365 591 709 718 719 719 719
60 M 0 0 0 2 14 26 98 98 32 1 0 0 271
60 S 0 0 0 2 16 43 140 238 270 271 271 271 271
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 10 19 34 88 182 254 400 407 308 122 27 6 1854
50 S 10 29 63 151 333 586 986 1392 1700 1822 1849 1854 1854
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