BURNS JUNCTION, OREGON

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(351174) BURNS JUNCTION
From Year=1972 To Year=1999
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
40 M	14	42	120	257	512	750	1022	964	657	337	72	20	4767
40 S	14	55	176	433	945	1695	2717	3681	4338	4675	4747	4767	4767
45 M	3	11	47	147	363	600	867	809	508	208	27	5	3594
45 S	3	13	60	208	571	1171	2038	2847	3354	3562	3589	3594	3594
50 M	0	1	12	73	231	452	712	654	363	107	7	1	2611
50 S	0	1	13	85	316	768	1480	2134	2497	2604	2610	2611	2611
55 M	0	0	2	29	128	312	557	500	233	44	1	0	1806
55 S	0	0	2	31	159	471	1028	1528	1761	1805	1806	1806	1806
60 M	0	0	0	8	58	191	405	351	125	13	0	0	1150
60 S	0	0	0	9	67	257	662	1013	1138	1150	1150	1150	1150

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	9	36	107	203	344	477	620	589	453	287	67	13	3204
50 S	9	45	152	355	699	1176	1796	2385	2837	3125	3191	3204	3204

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