All-time weather records — Prairie City, OR

Record high
111.9°F
August 5, 1961
Record low
-24.0°F
January 27, 1957
Wettest day
4.30 in
January 1, 1993

Climate change signal in Prairie City

6.8%

of Prairie City's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (25 of 366 records since 2015).

9.3%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (34 of 366 records since 2015).

If records were spread evenly across the station's history, you'd expect roughly 5% per decade. Decade-by-decade, here's where each record-breaking day was set:

Decade Heat records set # Cold records set #
1900s
16
11
1910s
·
·
1950s
46
50
1960s
65
87
1970s
55
65
1980s
54
43
1990s
56
47
2000s
41
11
2010s
20
30
2020s
13
22

Records are the all-time daily extremes that are still standing — each daily record can only be held by one year. The station's earliest hot record was set in 1904, the latest in 2025. Period of observation: 1903-2025.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 69.1°F — Jan 1, 1904 -24.0°F — Jan 27, 1957 4.30 in — Jan 1, 1993
February 73.0°F — Feb 21, 1995 -20.0°F — Feb 4, 1985 0.63 in — Feb 5, 2020
March 80.1°F — Mar 30, 1966 -5.1°F — Mar 14, 1906 2.20 in — Mar 13, 2006
April 91.0°F — Apr 28, 1987 12.9°F — Apr 19, 1966 1.50 in — Apr 3, 1999
May 98.1°F — May 29, 1983 12.9°F — May 2, 1954 1.83 in — May 29, 1906
June 102.9°F — Jun 18, 1974 25.0°F — Jun 27, 1966 1.02 in — Jun 18, 1964
July 109.9°F — Jul 12, 2002 34.0°F — Jul 24, 1983 1.32 in — Jul 22, 1987
August 111.9°F — Aug 5, 1961 15.1°F — Aug 17, 1990 2.23 in — Aug 16, 1993
September 109.9°F — Sep 4, 1904 21.0°F — Sep 17, 1965 1.06 in — Sep 15, 1959
October 95.0°F — Oct 8, 1980 3.9°F — Oct 31, 2002 0.96 in — Oct 8, 2010
November 79.0°F — Nov 1, 1988 -9.0°F — Nov 13, 1955 0.91 in — Nov 28, 1995
December 66.0°F — Dec 31, 1980 -23.1°F — Dec 22, 1990 1.07 in — Dec 23, 1971

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