BROOKINGS 2 SE, OREGON

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(351055) BROOKINGS 2 SE
From Year=1912 To Year=2002
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 232 244 287 333 443 524 588 597 579 493 342 256 4917
40 S 232 476 763 1096 1539 2062 2650 3247 3826 4319 4661 4917 4917
45 M 105 117 143 186 288 374 433 442 429 339 197 120 3172
45 S 105 222 365 552 840 1213 1646 2088 2517 2856 3053 3172 3172
50 M 26 35 46 67 140 224 278 287 280 190 77 31 1680
50 S 26 61 107 174 314 538 816 1103 1382 1572 1649 1680 1680
55 M 3 6 9 16 41 90 128 137 141 73 16 4 664
55 S 3 9 18 34 75 165 293 430 571 644 660 664 664
60 M 0 1 2 4 11 23 31 36 51 20 3 0 181
60 S 0 1 3 7 17 40 72 107 158 178 181 181 181
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 75 87 111 140 201 254 291 296 295 232 134 84 2200
50 S 75 162 273 413 613 867 1158 1454 1750 1982 2116 2200 2200
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