Island City, OR

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from LA GRANDE, OR US.

Dsb Mediterranean continental (warm summer) climate 7b USDA hardiness Zone 7b

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Island City has an annual average temperature of 49.4°F with about 17.4 inches of precipitation per year and 9.4 inches of snow. The warmest month is August (average high 87.0°F), and the coldest is December (average low 24.4°F). May is typically the wettest month (2.24 in) and July the driest (0.60 in). Snow typically falls from November through March.

Annual swing
38.8°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
5,919
Cooling need
306

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

111 of 366 (30.3%) of Island 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.

1960s
40
1970s
54
1980s
58
1990s
52
2000s
46
2010s
40
2020s
76

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 39.3°F 24.6°F 31.9°F 1.67 in 3.3 in 10
February 44.0°F 26.8°F 35.4°F 1.23 in 1.0 in 8
March 51.6°F 30.6°F 41.1°F 1.72 in 0.8 in 10
April 58.7°F 35.2°F 47.0°F 1.83 in 0.1 in 10
May 67.8°F 42.5°F 55.2°F 2.24 in 9
June 74.9°F 48.7°F 61.8°F 1.37 in 8
July 86.2°F 54.5°F 70.3°F 0.60 in 4
August 87.0°F 52.8°F 69.9°F 0.67 in 3
September 77.3°F 44.8°F 61.0°F 0.67 in 4
October 62.4°F 35.6°F 49.0°F 1.58 in 8
November 47.7°F 30.0°F 38.8°F 1.94 in 1.2 in 10
December 38.7°F 24.4°F 31.5°F 1.88 in 3.0 in 11

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