PLUSH, OREGON

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(356717) PLUSH 1 N
From Year=1910 To Year=1961
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
40 M	12	20	68	225	422	581	889	804	570	277	71	21	3961
40 S	12	33	101	326	748	1328	2217	3021	3591	3869	3940	3961	3961
45 M	2	2	21	121	280	433	734	649	423	158	22	4	2848
45 S	2	4	25	146	426	859	1593	2242	2664	2822	2844	2848	2848
50 M	0	0	2	50	161	292	579	494	281	71	3	0	1933
50 S	0	0	2	52	213	505	1083	1578	1859	1930	1933	1933	1933
55 M	0	0	0	11	75	171	424	343	158	21	0	0	1202
55 S	0	0	0	11	86	256	680	1023	1181	1202	1202	1202	1202
60 M	0	0	0	1	25	84	272	202	67	5	0	0	655
60 S	0	0	0	1	25	110	382	583	650	655	655	655	655

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	7	15	62	179	284	376	566	520	404	218	57	12	2700
50 S	7	22	84	262	546	922	1488	2008	2413	2631	2688	2700	2700

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