MILTON FREEWATER, OREGON

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(355593) MILTON
From Year=1928 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 60 85 226 397 636 813 1073 1023 746 431 143 68 5701
40 S 60 145 371 768 1404 2218 3290 4313 5059 5491 5633 5701 5701
45 M 21 32 108 251 481 663 918 868 596 285 63 24 4311
45 S 21 53 161 413 894 1557 2475 3343 3939 4223 4287 4311 4311
50 M 6 9 38 131 328 513 763 713 447 159 21 6 3133
50 S 6 15 53 184 512 1025 1788 2501 2948 3107 3128 3133 3133
55 M 1 2 10 55 193 365 608 558 304 70 5 1 2171
55 S 1 3 13 68 261 626 1234 1792 2095 2165 2170 2171 2171
60 M 0 0 2 17 95 225 453 404 175 23 1 0 1395
60 S 0 0 2 19 114 339 792 1196 1371 1394 1395 1395 1395
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 23 36 114 222 376 504 684 655 467 248 63 27 3421
50 S 23 59 174 396 772 1276 1961 2616 3083 3331 3394 3421 3421
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