Forest Grove, OR

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from FOREST GROVE, OR US.

Csb Warm-summer Mediterranean climate 8b USDA hardiness Zone 8b

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Forest Grove has an annual average temperature of 52.1°F with about 46.7 inches of precipitation per year and 2.7 inches of snow. The warmest month is August (average high 82.2°F), and the coldest is January (average low 32.6°F). December is typically the wettest month (8.72 in) and July the driest (0.32 in). Snow typically falls from October through February.

Annual swing
29.5°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
4,809
Cooling need
165

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

42 of 366 (11.5%) of Forest Grove'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.

1890s
13
1900s
36
1910s
14
1920s
13
1930s
25
1940s
12
1950s
25
1960s
36
1970s
28
1980s
31
1990s
50
2000s
36
2010s
24
2020s
23

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 45.0°F 32.6°F 38.8°F 7.19 in 0.6 in 19
February 49.4°F 33.1°F 41.2°F 5.76 in 0.6 in 15
March 54.6°F 35.9°F 45.2°F 5.03 in 17
April 60.1°F 39.2°F 49.6°F 3.33 in 16
May 68.1°F 45.3°F 56.7°F 2.19 in 11
June 73.1°F 49.7°F 61.4°F 1.40 in 8
July 81.4°F 53.8°F 67.6°F 0.32 in 2
August 82.2°F 53.5°F 67.9°F 0.51 in 3
September 76.1°F 48.7°F 62.4°F 1.34 in 5
October 63.3°F 41.6°F 52.4°F 3.70 in 0.2 in 11
November 50.9°F 36.3°F 43.6°F 7.23 in 19
December 44.0°F 32.8°F 38.4°F 8.72 in 1.3 in 19

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