Antelope, OR Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Average temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, with a derived climate comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Antelope's primary NOAA station, ANTELOPE 6 SSW.
The climate verdict for Antelope
Dryness leads the climate profile for Antelope, Oregon, with 14.5 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 49°F. At 54/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 31% of scores.
- 49°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 54/100
- comfort score, above 31% of station-mapped location scores
- 14.5"
- annual precipitation · 10" snow
- 134 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Antelope: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00350197 · Antelope, OR 49°F mean · 14.5" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-MID · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 49°F
- RANK-COOL #2,539
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Kodachrome Basi…
- PRCP-DRY 14.5"
- SWING-MID 36°F
- COMF-LOW 54/100
- LOAD-HEAT 6,119 HDD
- STN-1 USC00350197
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Kodachrome Basin Park, UT (+ 0 °F mean)
Instrument codes from this station's NOAA 1991–2020 normals, mean temperature, corpus warmth rank, photo-finish peer station, precipitation band, seasonal swing, comfort composite, degree-day load, and field book, not a livability rating.
Mean-temperature neighbourhood
Nationwide NOAA normal poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every OR station list.
- Antelope (this station) 49°F
- Cold Window Rock, AZ 49°F
- Hot Kent, OR 49°F
- Near Kodachrome Basi…, UT 49°F
- Near St John, WA 49°F
Climate Living Index · Antelope
Antelope: 36/100 · grade F
Antelope publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Antelope, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 54/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Snowfall burden | 9.7 inches/year | 64/100 · C |
| Annual temperature balance | 49.3°F · 18.2° from 67.5°F | 37/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 163 calendar days | 37/100 · F |
| Precipitation balance | 14.5 in · 20.5 from 35 in | 27/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 134 days/year | 15/100 · F |
Antelope · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Antelope is a temperate Köppen climate: Csb
Coldest-month mean 32.7°F and warmest-month mean 68.9°F place this station in temperate, dry-summer, warm summer climates (Csb). Class Csb is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: temperate, specifically temperate, dry-summer, warm summer.
- Köppen code
- Csb
- Group
- Temperate
- Warmest month
- 68.9°F
- Coldest month
- 32.7°F
Source: official public datasets monthly normals (1991–2020) at the city’s primary station. This is a station classification, not a mapped regional consensus.
National standing · heating-led station
Where Antelope sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Antelope's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 37th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 84%
- Antelope's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 79%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Antelope is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Antelope compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Antelope's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
54 31st percentile score exceeds 31% of 6,189 station-mapped location scores
- 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). This entry sits in this band.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Above this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Above this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Antelope's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 63 complete annual observations from 1930 to 2025, ANTELOPE 6 SSW warmed at a fitted rate of 0.16°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Antelope primary station fitted change +0.16 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43°F (6°C) | 26°F (-4°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 1.5" | 2.0" | 25.4 | 0.0 |
| February | 46°F (8°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 1.3" | 1.0" | 23.0 | 0.0 |
| March | 53°F (12°C) | 29°F (-1°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 1.2" | 0.7" | 22.4 | 0.0 |
| April | 59°F (15°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 1.5" | 1.0" | 16.6 | 0.0 |
| May | 68°F (20°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 2.0" | 0.0" | 5.9 | 0.3 |
| June | 76°F (24°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 1.0" | 0.0" | 0.8 | 2.2 |
| July | 87°F (31°C) | 51°F (10°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 0.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 12.1 |
| August | 87°F (30°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 0.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 10.4 |
| September | 78°F (26°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 0.5" | 0.0" | 1.2 | 2.9 |
| October | 64°F (18°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 1.2" | 0.2" | 10.7 | 0.0 |
| November | 50°F (10°C) | 29°F (-1°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 1.8" | 1.2" | 20.1 | 0.0 |
| December | 42°F (5°C) | 24°F (-5°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 1.8" | 3.6" | 25.9 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 90°F around July 25, short of 90°F on every date, while 163 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 23°F near December 18.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 13, then returns to freezing around November 3, covering 163 dates in all.
Derived from the normal daily minimum. This is a different measure from the 50%-probability frost dates shown elsewhere on this page, which come from NOAA’s frost product.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is December 27, when 38% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is July 26 at 8%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 96 wet dates a year.
The widest day
July 24 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 38°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Antelope.
Where Antelope Stands Nationally
Day-to-night contrast is extreme by national standards — the widest normal daily swing reaches about 38°F, sharper than nine in ten ranked stations see.
A drier-than-most normal water year — around 15 inches, below what four out of five ranked stations collect.
Antelope earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 2.0"
10.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.0"
9.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.7"
9.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.0"
9.7 days with precipitation
9.7 days with precipitation
6.3 days with precipitation
2.5 days with precipitation
2.7 days with precipitation
3.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.2"
7.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.2"
10.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 3.6"
12.1 days with precipitation
Antelope spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 12% of the annual total and December through February 32%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Antelope has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 36.2°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: May averages 2.0" and August 0.3". The three wettest months together take 38% of the year, against the 25% a perfectly flat distribution would give them.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. "Spread across the year" means neither the June-August nor the December-February share reaches 35%; it describes an average year, not the variability of any single one.
Antelope is dry, and what does fall arrives gently
Only about 95 days a year record measurable precipitation here, 26% of the calendar, and they carry 14.5" between them. At roughly 0.15 inches on an average wet day, this is not the damp drizzle of a marine climate; it is an arid record in which precipitation is both uncommon and light when it appears.
The wettest month by count is December at about 12 wet days; the driest is July at about 3.
A low per-event average in a dry record is a statement about typical days only. Arid regions can still take a large share of a year's total from a single convective storm, which a normal cannot show.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, not the extremes within it.
Snow reaches Antelope, but rarely amounts to much
The normals record 9.7 inches of snow a year here, most likely in December. That is a real but marginal amount: enough that snow is part of the local record, not enough to define the winter.
A figure in this range usually reflects a handful of events that melt quickly rather than a season of accumulation; about 8 days a year record any measurable snow at all.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. An average across thirty years can smooth away a single heavy winter, so a small annual figure does not mean a significant snowfall is impossible.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 3
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 22
50% probability date
Growing Season
134 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
6,119
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
407
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside OR closest to Antelope on two NOAA annual-normal axes (mean temperature and annual precipitation). Chip rows use distinct link sets.
Closest by average temperature
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual mean temperature (49°F here).
- Albion, NY 49°F · 0.0°F off
- Atlantic, IA 49°F · 0.0°F off
- Avon, IL 49°F · 0.0°F off
- Dwight, IL 49°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (14.5" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Joliet, MT 14.5" · 0.0" off
- Ester, AK 14.6" · 0.0" off
- Culbertson, MT 14.5" · 0.0" off
- Escondido, CA 14.5" · 0.0" off
Scarce-water calendar
Where Antelope's limited precipitation lands
heating led · dry · mid swing
Antelope's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 6,119 annual heating degree days against 407 for cooling. Its 36.2°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 134 days are frost-free in a normal year. That short interval is consistent with the cold-season signal, but the measure does not predict the exact first or last freeze in any one year.
July and December mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Antelope's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 36.2°F. The annual average is 49°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Antelope's cold-season load does not imply a wet climate. Annual precipitation is 14.5 inches, which places the station in PlainClimate's dry range. Annual snowfall totals 9.7 inches. The snowfall and rainfall fields should be read separately rather than inferred from temperature.
Antelope wettest normal
May
May concentrates the scarce annual total (14.5 inches).
Antelope driest normal
July
July is typically driest; arid stations are defined by when water is absent, not by a four-season grid.
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Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Antelope's primary station: ANTELOPE 6 SSW (USC00350197). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as an incorporated place (GEOID 4102250). Match rule for Antelope: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Antelope comes from its primary NOAA station record. No figure on this page is typed in by an editor - each value is rendered from NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 1991–2020 normals.