ROME 2 NW, OREGON

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(357310) ROME 2 NW
From Year=1950 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	12	29	100	227	502	718	995	914	606	297	61	15	4475
40 S	12	42	142	369	870	1588	2583	3497	4103	4400	4461	4475	4475
45 M	2	6	36	121	352	568	840	759	457	171	20	3	3334
45 S	2	8	44	165	517	1084	1924	2683	3140	3311	3331	3334	3334
50 M	0	1	8	52	219	419	685	604	315	79	4	0	2387
50 S	0	1	9	61	280	699	1384	1988	2303	2382	2387	2387	2387
55 M	0	0	1	17	115	278	530	450	187	27	1	0	1606
55 S	0	0	1	18	133	411	941	1391	1579	1605	1606	1606	1606
60 M	0	0	0	4	48	158	377	300	87	5	0	0	978
60 S	0	0	0	4	52	210	586	886	974	978	978	978	978

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	8	33	109	203	356	462	596	563	449	281	67	11	3138
50 S	8	41	150	353	709	1171	1767	2330	2779	3060	3127	3138	3138

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