Coos Bay climate — normals and trends
Coos Bay (United States) has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Csb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.3 °C and it receives 1,371 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 August (15.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (7.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Coos Bay averages 3 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 133 rainy days per year.
Coos Bay has warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.09 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 4 to 2 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.8 °C (on 10 October 1991) and the coldest -12.8 °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
Coos BayOregon
- coords
- 43.37°, -124.22°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.3°C
Average daily high
14.7°C
Average daily low
8.6°C
Annual rainfall
1,371mm
Sunshine / day
9.3h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
21.6km/h
Seasonal range
8.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
3 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
133 d/yr
Annual snowfall
7.5 cm
Average feels-like high
12.5 °C
Average feels-like low
5.8 °C
Average peak gust
42.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+0.8 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.18 · 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
32.8 °C
10 October 1991
Coldest day
-12.8 °C
21 December 1990
Wettest day
134 mm
18 November 1996
Windiest day
73.7 km/h
12 October 1962
Strongest gust
141.8 km/h
6 December 1952
Hottest feels-like
32.5 °C
11 July 1961
Coldest feels-like
-19.6 °C
21 December 1990
Snowiest day
13.4 cm
1 January 2004
Sunniest day
14.9 h
6 July 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 11.1 °C | +0.8 °C | 131 mm | -86 mm |
| Feb | 10.1 °C | -1.0 °C | 181 mm | +8 mm |
| Mar | 11.6 °C | -0.1 °C | 325 mm | +147 mm |
| Apr | 14.0 °C | +1.0 °C | 59 mm | -49 mm |
| May | 15.4 °C | +0.2 °C | 33 mm | -32 mm |
| Jun | 17.2 °C | -0.2 °C | 9 mm | -21 mm |
| Jul | 19.0 °C | -0.6 °C | 1 mm | -5 mm |
| Aug | 20.3 °C | +0.4 °C | 4 mm | -9 mm |
| Sep | 19.1 °C | -0.3 °C | 39 mm | +7 mm |
| Oct | 15.9 °C | -0.3 °C | 79 mm | -21 mm |
| Nov | 13.8 °C | +1.3 °C | 133 mm | -76 mm |
| Dec | 12.3 °C | +1.9 °C | 155 mm | -84 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Coos Bay?
Coos Bay has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.3 °C and it receives 1,371 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Coos Bay?
The hottest day measured in Coos Bay between 1940 and 2025 was 10 October 1991, reaching 32.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Coos Bay?
The coldest day measured in Coos Bay between 1940 and 2025 was 21 December 1990, at -12.8 °C.
Does it snow in Coos Bay?
Yes. Coos Bay gets on average 7.5 cm of snow per year and has around 3 frost days.
Has the climate of Coos Bay warmed?
Yes: Coos Bay warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Coos Bay?
The wettest day measured in Coos Bay between 1940 and 2025 was 18 November 1996, with 134 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Coos Bay?
The windiest day measured in Coos Bay between 1940 and 2025 was 12 October 1962, with winds reaching 73.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Coos Bay?
The warmest month in Coos Bay is August (15.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (7.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Coos Bay?
Coos Bay receives on average 1,371 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 133 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Coos Bay?
Coos Bay gets on average 9.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,395 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Coos Bay?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Coos Bay between 1940 and 2025 was 1 January 2004, with 13.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Coos Bay?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Coos Bay.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Coos Bay?
In Coos Bay, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 32.5 °C on 11 July 1961, and the lowest was -19.6 °C on 21 December 1990.
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