Klamath Falls climate — normals and trends
Klamath Falls (United States) has a warm-summer mediterranean continental climate (Dsb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.3 °C and it receives 599 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 (20.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Klamath Falls averages 133 frost days, 28 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 96 rainy days per year.
Klamath Falls has warmed by +3.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.36 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 155 to 111 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.1 °C (on 28 June 2021) and the coldest -26.7 °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
Klamath FallsOregon
- coords
- 42.22°, -121.78°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.3°C
Average daily high
14.4°C
Average daily low
2.9°C
Annual rainfall
599mm
Sunshine / day
10.2h
Mean relative humidity
66%
Average peak wind
12.7km/h
Seasonal range
21.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
133 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
28 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
96 d/yr
Annual snowfall
192.0 cm
Average feels-like high
11.8 °C
Average feels-like low
0.1 °C
Average peak gust
33.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.1 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.71 · 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
39.1 °C
28 June 2021
Coldest day
-26.7 °C
21 December 1990
Wettest day
67 mm
22 December 1964
Windiest day
43.0 km/h
12 October 1962
Strongest gust
108.4 km/h
6 December 1952
Hottest feels-like
38.3 °C
30 July 2003
Coldest feels-like
-31.9 °C
21 December 1990
Snowiest day
32.6 cm
17 January 1951
Sunniest day
14.8 h
15 June 1945
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.1 °C | +3.5 °C | 56 mm | -33 mm |
| Feb | 3.2 °C | -1.7 °C | 164 mm | +95 mm |
| Mar | 9.0 °C | +1.3 °C | 107 mm | +37 mm |
| Apr | 15.5 °C | +3.6 °C | 31 mm | -15 mm |
| May | 20.0 °C | +2.6 °C | 16 mm | -26 mm |
| Jun | 25.7 °C | +3.1 °C | 7 mm | -17 mm |
| Jul | 29.3 °C | +0.9 °C | 12 mm | +4 mm |
| Aug | 28.3 °C | +0.7 °C | 18 mm | +6 mm |
| Sep | 24.4 °C | +0.9 °C | 25 mm | +7 mm |
| Oct | 14.7 °C | -1.5 °C | 48 mm | +4 mm |
| Nov | 10.6 °C | +3.3 °C | 43 mm | -36 mm |
| Dec | 6.7 °C | +3.9 °C | 139 mm | +41 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Klamath Falls?
Klamath Falls has a warm-summer mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.3 °C and it receives 599 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Klamath Falls?
The hottest day measured in Klamath Falls between 1940 and 2025 was 28 June 2021, reaching 39.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Klamath Falls?
The coldest day measured in Klamath Falls between 1940 and 2025 was 21 December 1990, at -26.7 °C.
Does it snow in Klamath Falls?
Yes. Klamath Falls gets on average 192.0 cm of snow per year and has around 133 frost days.
Has the climate of Klamath Falls warmed?
Yes: Klamath Falls warmed by +3.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Klamath Falls?
The wettest day measured in Klamath Falls between 1940 and 2025 was 22 December 1964, with 67 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Klamath Falls?
The windiest day measured in Klamath Falls between 1940 and 2025 was 12 October 1962, with winds reaching 43.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Klamath Falls?
The warmest month in Klamath Falls is July (20.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Klamath Falls?
Klamath Falls receives on average 599 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 96 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Klamath Falls?
Klamath Falls gets on average 10.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,723 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Klamath Falls?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Klamath Falls between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 1951, with 32.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Klamath Falls?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Klamath Falls.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Klamath Falls?
In Klamath Falls, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.3 °C on 30 July 2003, and the lowest was -31.9 °C on 21 December 1990.
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