CHILOQUIN, OREGON

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(351571) CHILOQUIN 1 E
From Year=1913 To Year=1979
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 2 5 31 104 266 450 660 627 395 179 27 4 2749
40 S 2 7 38 142 408 858 1518 2144 2540 2719 2745 2749 2749
45 M 0 0 6 36 146 306 505 472 256 78 5 0 1811
45 S 0 0 6 42 189 494 999 1471 1728 1806 1810 1811 1811
50 M 0 0 0 7 63 178 351 320 136 22 0 0 1079
50 S 0 0 0 8 71 249 600 920 1057 1079 1079 1079 1079
55 M 0 0 0 1 19 84 208 179 53 4 0 0 548
55 S 0 0 0 1 19 104 311 490 544 548 548 548 548
60 M 0 0 0 0 3 29 93 71 13 1 0 0 209
60 S 0 0 0 0 3 32 124 195 208 209 209 209 209
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 2 9 50 122 241 351 491 489 367 209 39 3 2374
50 S 2 11 61 184 425 776 1267 1756 2123 2332 2371 2374 2374
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