AUSTIN 3 S, OREGON

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(350356) AUSTIN 3 S
From Year=1912 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 0 2 15 88 247 433 668 625 370 147 13 1 2611
40 S 0 2 18 106 353 787 1455 2080 2450 2597 2610 2611 2611
45 M 0 0 2 31 133 290 514 470 236 63 2 0 1741
45 S 0 0 2 34 167 456 970 1441 1677 1739 1741 1741 1741
50 M 0 0 0 7 58 166 362 320 127 18 0 0 1058
50 S 0 0 0 7 65 231 593 913 1040 1058 1058 1058 1058
55 M 0 0 0 1 19 77 222 184 53 3 0 0 558
55 S 0 0 0 1 20 97 319 502 555 558 558 558 558
60 M 0 0 0 0 4 27 109 78 15 0 0 0 233
60 S 0 0 0 0 4 31 140 218 233 233 233 233 233
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 1 6 31 108 222 334 491 479 344 190 23 1 2230
50 S 1 6 38 146 368 702 1193 1672 2016 2206 2229 2230 2230
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