STAYTON, OREGON

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(358095) STAYTON
From Year=1951 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 92 121 203 305 486 635 814 811 655 427 184 95 4827
40 S 92 212 415 720 1206 1841 2655 3466 4122 4548 4732 4827 4827
45 M 31 41 85 165 332 485 659 656 505 276 81 32 3348
45 S 31 72 157 322 654 1139 1798 2454 2960 3235 3316 3348 3348
50 M 5 8 23 67 188 335 504 501 356 143 22 6 2158
50 S 5 13 36 103 291 626 1130 1631 1987 2131 2152 2158 2158
55 M 0 1 3 20 85 192 349 346 212 55 3 0 1267
55 S 0 1 4 24 109 301 651 997 1209 1263 1266 1267 1267
60 M 0 0 0 4 31 85 200 196 95 14 0 0 625
60 S 0 0 0 4 34 120 320 517 611 625 625 625 625
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 24 47 96 159 270 364 500 500 396 231 64 24 2674
50 S 24 71 167 326 595 960 1459 1959 2355 2586 2651 2674 2674
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