FOSTER 3 NE, OREGON

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(353043) FOSTER 3 NE
From Year=1963 To Year=1969
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 70 111 203 266 455 624 774 787 641 431 209 89 4661
40 S 70 181 385 650 1105 1729 2503 3291 3932 4363 4572 4661 4661
45 M 18 40 97 138 304 474 619 632 491 277 97 26 3215
45 S 18 58 155 293 597 1071 1690 2323 2814 3091 3188 3215 3215
50 M 3 12 36 55 175 325 464 477 342 141 26 4 2061
50 S 3 15 51 106 281 606 1070 1547 1889 2031 2057 2061 2061
55 M 0 3 6 17 81 188 310 323 202 48 2 0 1180
55 S 0 3 9 26 107 295 604 927 1129 1178 1179 1180 1180
60 M 0 0 0 4 27 85 166 180 91 6 0 0 559
60 S 0 0 1 5 32 117 283 463 553 559 559 559 559
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 15 54 107 136 260 357 474 482 385 221 73 19 2581
50 S 15 68 175 312 571 929 1403 1884 2269 2489 2562 2581 2581
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