Bend climate — normals and trends
Bend (United States) has a warm-summer mediterranean continental climate (Dsb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.8 °C and it receives 591 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 (19.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Bend averages 139 frost days, 25 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 112 rainy days per year.
Bend has warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.30 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 155 to 123 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.3 °C (on 29 June 2021) and the coldest -31.5 °C (on 23 December 1983).
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
BendOregon
- coords
- 44.06°, -121.32°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.8°C
Average daily high
14.1°C
Average daily low
2.1°C
Annual rainfall
591mm
Sunshine / day
10.0h
Mean relative humidity
63%
Average peak wind
16.7km/h
Seasonal range
20.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
139 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
25 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
112 d/yr
Annual snowfall
151.3 cm
Average feels-like high
10.9 °C
Average feels-like low
-1.3 °C
Average peak gust
37.1 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
+2.6 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.64 · 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
41.3 °C
29 June 2021
Coldest day
-31.5 °C
23 December 1983
Wettest day
69 mm
18 November 1996
Windiest day
48.7 km/h
12 October 1962
Strongest gust
113.8 km/h
4 January 2008
Hottest feels-like
39.3 °C
22 July 2003
Coldest feels-like
-36.3 °C
23 December 1983
Snowiest day
25.6 cm
25 February 2019
Sunniest day
15.1 h
18 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.5 °C | +2.6 °C | 58 mm | -25 mm |
| Feb | 3.8 °C | -1.3 °C | 84 mm | +24 mm |
| Mar | 9.4 °C | +1.5 °C | 119 mm | +59 mm |
| Apr | 15.2 °C | +3.4 °C | 25 mm | -22 mm |
| May | 19.4 °C | +2.5 °C | 28 mm | -20 mm |
| Jun | 24.9 °C | +3.3 °C | 7 mm | -27 mm |
| Jul | 29.2 °C | +1.6 °C | 13 mm | -4 mm |
| Aug | 28.5 °C | +1.7 °C | 19 mm | +1 mm |
| Sep | 24.9 °C | +2.6 °C | 33 mm | +12 mm |
| Oct | 14.0 °C | -1.2 °C | 45 mm | +4 mm |
| Nov | 10.4 °C | +3.2 °C | 27 mm | -47 mm |
| Dec | 7.5 °C | +4.2 °C | 108 mm | +17 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Bend?
Bend has a warm-summer mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.8 °C and it receives 591 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bend?
The hottest day measured in Bend between 1940 and 2025 was 29 June 2021, reaching 41.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Bend?
The coldest day measured in Bend between 1940 and 2025 was 23 December 1983, at -31.5 °C.
Does it snow in Bend?
Yes. Bend gets on average 151.3 cm of snow per year and has around 139 frost days.
Has the climate of Bend warmed?
Yes: Bend warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Bend?
The wettest day measured in Bend between 1940 and 2025 was 18 November 1996, with 69 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Bend?
The windiest day measured in Bend between 1940 and 2025 was 12 October 1962, with winds reaching 48.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Bend?
The warmest month in Bend is July (19.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Bend?
Bend receives on average 591 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 112 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Bend?
Bend 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 Bend?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Bend between 1940 and 2025 was 25 February 2019, with 25.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Bend?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Bend.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bend?
In Bend, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.3 °C on 22 July 2003, and the lowest was -36.3 °C on 23 December 1983.
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