Oregon City climate — normals and trends
Oregon City (United States) has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Csb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.5 °C and it receives 1,483 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 (18.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (3.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Oregon City averages 48 frost days, 17 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 155 rainy days per year.
Oregon City has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 60 to 36 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 47.0 °C (on 28 June 2021) and the coldest -21.5 °C (on 31 January 1950).
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
Oregon CityOregon
- coords
- 45.36°, -122.61°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.5°C
Average daily high
15.7°C
Average daily low
5.8°C
Annual rainfall
1,483mm
Sunshine / day
8.8h
Mean relative humidity
75%
Average peak wind
12.7km/h
Seasonal range
15.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
48 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
17 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
155 d/yr
Annual snowfall
94.7 cm
Average feels-like high
14.0 °C
Average feels-like low
3.5 °C
Average peak gust
34.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.7 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.43 · 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
47.0 °C
28 June 2021
Coldest day
-21.5 °C
31 January 1950
Wettest day
101 mm
24 November 1960
Windiest day
45.7 km/h
14 November 1981
Strongest gust
121.0 km/h
14 December 2006
Hottest feels-like
45.9 °C
28 June 2021
Coldest feels-like
-26.3 °C
31 January 1950
Snowiest day
19.6 cm
31 January 1969
Sunniest day
15.2 h
19 June 2024
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 | 8.2 °C | +1.2 °C | 107 mm | -106 mm |
| Feb | 8.4 °C | -0.6 °C | 183 mm | +15 mm |
| Mar | 12.3 °C | +1.0 °C | 245 mm | +74 mm |
| Apr | 16.8 °C | +2.7 °C | 71 mm | -54 mm |
| May | 18.9 °C | +1.0 °C | 55 mm | -32 mm |
| Jun | 23.5 °C | +2.4 °C | 26 mm | -30 mm |
| Jul | 28.1 °C | +2.4 °C | 1 mm | -14 mm |
| Aug | 28.0 °C | +2.3 °C | 22 mm | -2 mm |
| Sep | 24.2 °C | +1.6 °C | 36 mm | -22 mm |
| Oct | 15.5 °C | -0.7 °C | 127 mm | -2 mm |
| Nov | 11.8 °C | +1.7 °C | 164 mm | -47 mm |
| Dec | 10.1 °C | +3.0 °C | 333 mm | +107 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Oregon City?
Oregon City has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.5 °C and it receives 1,483 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Oregon City?
The hottest day measured in Oregon City between 1940 and 2025 was 28 June 2021, reaching 47.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Oregon City?
The coldest day measured in Oregon City between 1940 and 2025 was 31 January 1950, at -21.5 °C.
Does it snow in Oregon City?
Yes. Oregon City gets on average 94.7 cm of snow per year and has around 48 frost days.
Has the climate of Oregon City warmed?
Yes: Oregon City warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Oregon City?
The wettest day measured in Oregon City between 1940 and 2025 was 24 November 1960, with 101 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Oregon City?
The windiest day measured in Oregon City between 1940 and 2025 was 14 November 1981, with winds reaching 45.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Oregon City?
The warmest month in Oregon City is July (18.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Oregon City?
Oregon City receives on average 1,483 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 155 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Oregon City?
Oregon City gets on average 8.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,212 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Oregon City?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Oregon City between 1940 and 2025 was 31 January 1969, with 19.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Oregon City?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Oregon City.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Oregon City?
In Oregon City, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.9 °C on 28 June 2021, and the lowest was -26.3 °C on 31 January 1950.
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