All-time weather records — Prineville, OR

Record high
118.9°F
July 29, 1898
Record low
-35.0°F
January 21, 1930
Wettest day
10.24 in
May 17, 1955

Climate change signal in Prineville

6%

of Prineville's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (22 of 366 records since 2015).

1.1%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (4 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 #
1890s
43
18
1900s
79
28
1910s
34
45
1920s
18
32
1930s
19
48
1940s
6
29
1950s
4
44
1960s
28
36
1970s
23
33
1980s
32
18
1990s
37
19
2000s
17
3
2010s
11
11
2020s
15
2

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 1897, the latest in 2024. Period of observation: 1897-2024.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 75.9°F — Jan 21, 1901 -35.0°F — Jan 21, 1930 1.35 in — Jan 9, 1989
February 75.0°F — Feb 23, 1995 -24.0°F — Feb 7, 1929 1.80 in — Feb 4, 1996
March 82.9°F — Mar 28, 1902 -14.1°F — Mar 1, 1917 0.96 in — Mar 31, 1940
April 91.9°F — Apr 23, 1910 7.0°F — Apr 1, 1936 1.19 in — Apr 25, 1899
May 99.0°F — May 28, 1983 12.9°F — May 1, 1954 10.24 in — May 17, 1955
June 109.0°F — Jun 30, 2021 19.9°F — Jun 12, 2008 1.86 in — Jun 27, 2023
July 118.9°F — Jul 29, 1898 26.1°F — Jul 7, 1917 1.62 in — Jul 19, 1995
August 111.0°F — Aug 1, 1898 23.0°F — Aug 20, 2014 1.51 in — Aug 7, 1976
September 107.1°F — Sep 1, 1998 12.0°F — Sep 24, 1926 1.53 in — Sep 1, 1901
October 93.0°F — Oct 5, 1980 6.1°F — Oct 29, 1971 1.50 in — Oct 30, 1998
November 82.0°F — Nov 2, 1897 -15.0°F — Nov 3, 1935 1.87 in — Nov 18, 1996
December 75.9°F — Dec 5, 1901 -34.1°F — Dec 8, 1972 1.67 in — Dec 18, 1929

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