MARION FRKS FISH HTCHY, OREGON

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(355221) MARION FRKS FISH HATCH
From Year=1948 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 3 12 46 130 322 514 725 699 499 237 37 3 3228
40 S 3 15 61 191 513 1027 1752 2450 2950 3187 3224 3228 3228
45 M 0 1 11 55 193 366 570 544 352 119 7 0 2218
45 S 0 2 12 68 260 627 1196 1740 2092 2211 2218 2218 2218
50 M 0 0 1 18 101 232 416 390 218 45 1 0 1421
50 S 0 0 1 19 120 352 768 1158 1376 1420 1421 1421 1421
55 M 0 0 0 4 43 126 269 245 110 11 0 0 809
55 S 0 0 0 4 48 174 443 688 798 809 809 809 809
60 M 0 0 0 1 14 55 143 123 40 1 0 0 378
60 S 0 0 0 1 15 70 213 336 376 378 378 378 378
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 1 11 43 98 209 312 454 444 340 162 16 1 2091
50 S 1 12 55 153 362 675 1129 1573 1913 2075 2091 2091 2091
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