GERBER DAM, OREGON

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(353232) GERBER DAM
From Year=1925 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	2	6	22	154	349	506	848	791	587	256	51	4	3576
40 S	2	7	30	184	533	1039	1887	2678	3266	3521	3572	3576	3576
45 M	0	0	4	71	218	359	693	636	439	141	15	1	2578
45 S	0	0	4	76	294	653	1347	1983	2422	2563	2578	2578	2578
50 M	0	0	0	24	119	226	538	481	297	59	2	0	1746
50 S	0	0	0	24	143	369	907	1388	1685	1744	1746	1746	1746
55 M	0	0	0	4	50	122	386	330	174	20	0	0	1085
55 S	0	0	0	4	54	176	561	891	1066	1085	1085	1085	1085
60 M	0	0	0	0	13	53	240	189	80	3	0	0	577
60 S	0	0	0	0	13	66	305	494	574	577	577	577	577

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	3	15	30	136	253	345	543	521	425	217	57	6	2548
50 S	3	18	48	184	436	781	1324	1845	2269	2486	2543	2548	2548

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