TALENT, OREGON

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(358338) TALENT
From Year=1913 To Year=1960
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
40 M	51	88	196	351	550	727	959	918	684	401	134	56	5115
40 S	51	139	335	686	1236	1962	2922	3840	4524	4924	5058	5115	5115
45 M	15	26	85	211	395	577	804	763	534	253	53	16	3733
45 S	15	41	126	337	733	1309	2114	2877	3411	3664	3717	3733	3733
50 M	3	4	25	100	249	427	649	608	384	127	14	3	2594
50 S	3	7	31	132	381	808	1457	2066	2450	2577	2591	2594	2594
55 M	0	0	4	33	129	281	494	453	243	44	2	0	1685
55 S	0	1	4	38	167	448	942	1396	1638	1682	1685	1685	1685
60 M	0	0	0	7	51	153	340	300	124	10	0	0	985
60 S	0	0	0	7	58	211	551	851	976	985	985	985	985

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	19	48	132	236	354	449	585	565	438	260	72	19	3177
50 S	19	67	199	434	788	1237	1822	2388	2826	3086	3158	3177	3177

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