Pilot Rock, OR

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from PILOT ROCK 1 SE, OR US.

BSk Semi-arid (cold) climate 8a USDA hardiness Zone 8a

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Pilot Rock has an annual average temperature of 51.8°F with about 15 inches of precipitation per year and 10.1 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 90.5°F), and the coldest is December (average low 25.6°F). May is typically the wettest month (2.09 in) and July the driest (0.27 in). Snow typically falls from November through March.

Annual swing
36.8°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
5,115
Cooling need
381

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

20 of 366 (5.5%) of Pilot Rock'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.

1900s
2
1910s
47
1920s
58
1930s
64
1940s
26
1950s
14
1960s
29
1970s
20
1980s
13
1990s
30
2000s
31
2010s
22
2020s
10

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 45.4°F 26.3°F 35.8°F 1.40 in 3.7 in 10
February 49.4°F 27.4°F 38.4°F 1.25 in 2.1 in 9
March 57.0°F 31.5°F 44.3°F 1.79 in 0.5 in 11
April 63.4°F 35.7°F 49.5°F 1.64 in 10
May 72.2°F 42.5°F 57.3°F 2.09 in 10
June 79.5°F 47.7°F 63.6°F 1.56 in 7
July 90.5°F 52.9°F 71.7°F 0.27 in 3
August 90.0°F 52.0°F 71.0°F 0.41 in 2
September 80.4°F 45.0°F 62.7°F 0.60 in 4
October 66.6°F 36.6°F 51.6°F 1.07 in 0.1 in 7
November 52.8°F 30.0°F 41.4°F 1.50 in 1.1 in 11
December 44.2°F 25.6°F 34.9°F 1.44 in 2.6 in 11

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