Seneca, OR

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

Dsb Mediterranean continental (warm summer) climate 6b USDA hardiness Zone 6b

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Seneca has an annual average temperature of 40.5°F with about 13.7 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 82.1°F), and the coldest is January (average low 11.1°F). December is typically the wettest month (1.82 in) and August the driest (0.38 in).

Annual swing
36.9°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
8,826
Cooling need
0

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

36 of 366 (9.8%) of Seneca'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
0
1910s
1
1930s
101
1940s
30
1950s
32
1960s
36
1970s
20
1980s
32
1990s
36
2000s
29
2010s
26
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 35.9°F 11.1°F 23.5°F 1.58 in 12
February 40.0°F 13.6°F 26.8°F 1.01 in 10
March 46.3°F 19.9°F 33.1°F 1.23 in 11
April 52.6°F 25.1°F 38.8°F 1.18 in 11
May 61.8°F 31.7°F 46.8°F 1.71 in 10
June 70.0°F 36.2°F 53.1°F 1.19 in 7
July 82.1°F 38.5°F 60.3°F 0.53 in 4
August 81.9°F 34.9°F 58.4°F 0.38 in 3
September 73.4°F 27.3°F 50.3°F 0.53 in 4
October 59.6°F 21.4°F 40.5°F 1.07 in 8
November 44.4°F 17.1°F 30.8°F 1.44 in 12
December 35.7°F 11.1°F 23.4°F 1.82 in 13

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