SCOTTS MILLS 9 SE, OREGON

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(357631) SCOTTS MILLS 8 SE
From Year=1956 To Year=2001
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 74 90 149 305 451 632 642 523 315 108 59 3407
40 S 60 134 224 373 678 1129 1761 2403 2926 3241 3348 3407 3407
45 M 16 25 32 70 177 302 477 487 374 182 39 16 2198
45 S 16 42 74 144 320 623 1099 1586 1960 2142 2181 2198 2198
50 M 2 6 7 27 90 170 323 332 234 88 9 3 1292
50 S 2 8 15 42 133 303 625 958 1192 1280 1290 1292 1292
55 M 0 0 1 8 40 79 183 189 125 34 1 0 660
55 S 0 0 1 9 49 128 311 500 624 659 660 660 660
60 M 0 0 0 1 15 31 83 85 56 11 0 0 282
60 S 0 0 0 1 16 47 130 215 272 282 282 282 282
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 16 26 39 75 156 234 361 366 286 147 33 15 1756
50 S 16 43 82 157 314 548 909 1276 1562 1708 1741 1756 1756
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