Prineville, OR
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from PRINEVILLE, OR US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Prineville has an annual average temperature of 49.4°F with about 10.3 inches of precipitation per year and 8.8 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 86.9°F), and the coldest is December (average low 23.9°F). May is typically the wettest month (1.38 in) and September the driest (0.31 in). Snow typically falls from November through April.
Best time to visit Prineville
Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →22 of 366 (6%) of Prineville'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 | 43 | |
| 1900s | 79 | |
| 1910s | 34 | |
| 1920s | 18 | |
| 1930s | 19 | |
| 1940s | 6 | |
| 1950s | 4 | |
| 1960s | 28 | |
| 1970s | 23 | |
| 1980s | 32 | |
| 1990s | 37 | |
| 2000s | 17 | |
| 2010s | 11 | |
| 2020s | 15 |
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 | 43.2°F | 25.1°F | 34.1°F | 1.06 in | 1.8 in | 8 |
| February | 47.6°F | 26.4°F | 37.0°F | 0.80 in | 3.2 in | 7 |
| March | 54.7°F | 29.2°F | 41.9°F | 0.91 in | 0.9 in | 8 |
| April | 60.2°F | 33.1°F | 46.7°F | 0.76 in | 0.3 in | 8 |
| May | 68.9°F | 40.0°F | 54.5°F | 1.38 in | — | 7 |
| June | 76.4°F | 44.5°F | 60.5°F | 0.85 in | — | 5 |
| July | 86.9°F | 49.1°F | 68.0°F | 0.40 in | — | 2 |
| August | 86.4°F | 47.8°F | 67.1°F | 0.36 in | — | 2 |
| September | 79.0°F | 41.9°F | 60.5°F | 0.31 in | — | 3 |
| October | 65.1°F | 34.3°F | 49.7°F | 0.95 in | — | 6 |
| November | 51.3°F | 28.6°F | 40.0°F | 1.22 in | 1.1 in | 8 |
| December | 41.9°F | 23.9°F | 32.9°F | 1.33 in | 1.5 in | 8 |
Climate twins of Prineville
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