Ashland climate — normals and trends
Ashland (United States) has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Csb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.5 °C and it receives 989 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (19.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (1.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Ashland averages 98 frost days, 21 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 123 rainy days per year.
Ashland has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 117 to 79 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.3 °C (on 8 August 1981) and the coldest -27.2 °C (on 21 December 1990).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
AshlandOregon
- coords
- 42.19°, -122.71°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.5°C
Average daily high
15.7°C
Average daily low
4.0°C
Annual rainfall
989mm
Sunshine / day
10.0h
Mean relative humidity
69%
Average peak wind
11.0km/h
Seasonal range
17.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
98 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
21 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
123 d/yr
Annual snowfall
168.4 cm
Average feels-like high
14.1 °C
Average feels-like low
1.4 °C
Average peak gust
38.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.55 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
39.3 °C
8 August 1981
Coldest day
-27.2 °C
21 December 1990
Wettest day
101 mm
29 October 1950
Windiest day
27.7 km/h
12 October 1962
Strongest gust
135.0 km/h
4 January 2008
Hottest feels-like
40.9 °C
27 June 2021
Coldest feels-like
-32.8 °C
21 December 1990
Snowiest day
34.1 cm
14 February 1959
Sunniest day
14.8 h
20 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8.4 °C | +2.3 °C | 93 mm | -44 mm |
| Feb | 7.1 °C | -1.1 °C | 185 mm | +77 mm |
| Mar | 11.3 °C | +1.0 °C | 196 mm | +74 mm |
| Apr | 16.2 °C | +2.5 °C | 63 mm | -28 mm |
| May | 19.6 °C | +1.7 °C | 35 mm | -41 mm |
| Jun | 24.5 °C | +2.4 °C | 12 mm | -30 mm |
| Jul | 28.3 °C | +0.9 °C | 6 mm | -8 mm |
| Aug | 28.2 °C | +1.4 °C | 13 mm | -8 mm |
| Sep | 24.4 °C | +0.8 °C | 50 mm | +20 mm |
| Oct | 15.4 °C | -1.8 °C | 98 mm | +26 mm |
| Nov | 12.7 °C | +3.0 °C | 80 mm | -46 mm |
| Dec | 9.0 °C | +3.1 °C | 179 mm | +27 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Ashland?
Ashland has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.5 °C and it receives 989 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ashland?
The hottest day measured in Ashland between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 1981, reaching 39.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Ashland?
The coldest day measured in Ashland between 1940 and 2025 was 21 December 1990, at -27.2 °C.
Does it snow in Ashland?
Yes. Ashland gets on average 168.4 cm of snow per year and has around 98 frost days.
Has the climate of Ashland warmed?
Yes: Ashland warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Ashland?
The wettest day measured in Ashland between 1940 and 2025 was 29 October 1950, with 101 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Ashland?
The windiest day measured in Ashland between 1940 and 2025 was 12 October 1962, with winds reaching 27.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Ashland?
The warmest month in Ashland is July (19.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (1.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Ashland?
Ashland receives on average 989 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 123 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Ashland?
Ashland gets on average 10.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,650 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Ashland?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Ashland between 1940 and 2025 was 14 February 1959, with 34.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Ashland?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Ashland.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ashland?
In Ashland, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.9 °C on 27 June 2021, and the lowest was -32.8 °C on 21 December 1990.
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