SILVER CREEK FALLS, OREGON

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(357809) SILVER CREEK FALLS
From Year=1938 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 46 57 98 189 369 507 686 675 535 299 105 51 3617
40 S 46 103 200 389 759 1266 1952 2626 3162 3461 3566 3617 3617
45 M 10 13 29 82 223 358 531 520 386 161 33 13 2358
45 S 10 23 52 134 357 715 1246 1765 2151 2312 2345 2358 2358
50 M 1 2 5 26 111 213 376 365 241 63 5 1 1408
50 S 1 3 8 34 145 358 733 1098 1339 1402 1407 1408 1408
55 M 0 0 0 5 45 100 225 214 118 16 0 0 722
55 S 0 0 0 6 50 150 374 588 706 722 722 722 722
60 M 0 0 0 0 13 35 102 93 40 2 0 0 286
60 S 0 0 0 0 14 49 151 243 283 286 286 286 286
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 10 25 60 119 220 295 429 423 341 169 36 11 2138
50 S 10 35 95 214 434 729 1158 1580 1922 2091 2126 2138 2138
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