REEDSPORT, OREGON

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(357082) REEDSPORT 2 SW
From Year=1937 To Year=1983
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 140 183 218 286 416 520 625 646 591 470 266 174 4535
40 S 140 323 541 827 1243 1764 2389 3035 3625 4096 4361 4535 4535
45 M 49 74 89 143 262 370 470 491 441 316 134 67 2905
45 S 49 123 211 355 616 987 1457 1948 2388 2704 2838 2905 2905
50 M 9 18 21 45 119 221 315 336 291 169 43 14 1599
50 S 9 27 48 93 212 433 748 1084 1374 1543 1586 1599 1599
55 M 1 3 3 9 31 85 161 181 146 57 6 1 685
55 S 1 3 6 15 46 132 293 474 620 677 684 685 685
60 M 0 0 0 1 6 15 39 49 43 11 0 0 163
60 S 0 0 0 2 8 22 61 110 152 163 163 163 163
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 37 65 89 127 195 258 335 350 322 235 101 48 2161
50 S 37 102 191 318 513 771 1106 1456 1778 2012 2113 2161 2161
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