MITCHELL 2 NW, OREGON

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(355641) MITCHELL 2 NW
From Year=1906 To Year=1994
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 33 52 108 232 441 648 880 851 598 347 96 40 4325
40 S 33 86 193 425 866 1514 2393 3245 3843 4190 4285 4325 4325
45 M 8 14 40 123 294 498 725 697 450 214 37 11 3112
45 S 8 23 63 186 480 978 1703 2400 2850 3064 3101 3112 3112
50 M 1 2 11 56 171 352 570 542 308 112 10 2 2137
50 S 1 3 14 70 241 594 1163 1705 2013 2125 2135 2137 2137
55 M 0 0 2 21 86 221 416 389 183 46 1 0 1366
55 S 0 0 2 23 109 330 746 1136 1319 1365 1366 1366 1366
60 M 0 0 0 6 36 121 270 246 88 13 0 0 780
60 S 0 0 0 6 42 163 433 679 767 780 780 780 780
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 16 31 79 167 293 408 550 534 393 244 61 20 2795
50 S 16 47 125 293 585 993 1543 2077 2470 2714 2776 2795 2795
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