Baker City, OR

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from BAKER CITY MUNI AP, OR US.

BSk Semi-arid (cold) climate 7a USDA hardiness Zone 7a

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Baker City has an annual average temperature of 47.6°F with about 9.1 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 88.2°F), and the coldest is December (average low 19.7°F). May is typically the wettest month (1.46 in) and August the driest (0.43 in).

Annual swing
39.9°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
6,456
Cooling need
186

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

79 of 366 (21.6%) of Baker City's all-time daily heat records have been set since 2015. If records were spread evenly across the station's history, only about 5% would fall in any given decade.

1940s
15
1950s
27
1960s
57
1970s
48
1980s
44
1990s
52
2000s
38
2010s
33
2020s
52

Bars: number of all-time daily heat records still standing that were set in each decade.

Monthly averages

Month Avg High Avg Low Avg Temp Precipitation Snow Rainy days
January 37.6°F 20.0°F 28.8°F 0.70 in 11
February 43.9°F 23.2°F 33.5°F 0.59 in 9
March 53.8°F 27.8°F 40.8°F 0.77 in 10
April 60.7°F 31.0°F 45.9°F 0.82 in 10
May 69.6°F 38.8°F 54.2°F 1.46 in 10
June 76.8°F 44.3°F 60.6°F 1.10 in 8
July 88.2°F 48.9°F 68.5°F 0.55 in 4
August 88.1°F 47.3°F 67.7°F 0.43 in 3
September 78.8°F 39.3°F 59.1°F 0.44 in 4
October 63.7°F 30.4°F 47.1°F 0.62 in 6
November 47.6°F 24.8°F 36.2°F 0.73 in 9
December 37.4°F 19.7°F 28.6°F 0.85 in 11

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