Arlington, OR Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Explore NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 climate normals → and a clearly labeled PlainClimate comfort calculation
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Arlington's primary NOAA station, ARLINGTON.
The climate verdict for Arlington
Dryness leads the climate profile for Arlington, Oregon, with 9.3 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 54°F. At 48/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 17% of scores.
- 54°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 48/100
- comfort score, above 17% of station-mapped location scores
- 9.3"
- annual precipitation · 5" snow
- 198 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Arlington: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00350265 · Arlington, OR 54°F mean · 9.3" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-ARID · SWING-MID · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 54°F
- RANK-MID #3,979
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Sutcliffe
- PRCP-ARID 9.3"
- SWING-MID 41°F
- COMF-LOW 48/100
- LOAD-HEAT 4,820 HDD
- STN-1 USC00350265
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Sutcliffe, NV (+ 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.
- Arlington (this station) 54°F
- Cold Boston, VA 54°F
- Hot Sutcliffe, NV 54°F
- Near Clayton, NM 54°F
- Near Walla Walla Rgnl, WA 54°F
Climate Living Index · Arlington
Arlington: 53/100 · grade D
Arlington publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Arlington, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 48/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Snowfall burden | 5.3 inches/year | 70/100 · B |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 119 calendar days | 65/100 · C |
| Frost-free season | 198 days/year | 63/100 · C |
| Annual temperature balance | 54.4°F · 13.1° from 67.5°F | 57/100 · C |
| Precipitation balance | 9.3 in · 25.7 from 35 in | 10/100 · F |
Arlington · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Arlington's normals sit in a dry climate class: BSk
Precipitation is low relative to temperature but above true desert thresholds: cold semi-arid steppe (BSk). Class BSk is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: dry (arid or semi-arid), specifically cold semi-arid steppe.
- Köppen code
- BSk
- Group
- Dry (arid or semi-arid)
- Warmest month
- 76.3°F
- Coldest month
- 35.3°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 Arlington sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Arlington's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 58th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 95%
- Arlington's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 40th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Arlington compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Arlington's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
48 17th percentile score exceeds 17% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Above this entry.
- 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
Arlington's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 62 complete annual observations from 1893 to 2025, ARLINGTON warmed at a fitted rate of 0.10°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Arlington primary station fitted change +0.10 °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 | 41°F (5°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 1.5" | 2.0" | 16.0 | 0.0 |
| February | 47°F (8°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 1.0" | 1.2" | 15.3 | 0.0 |
| March | 56°F (13°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 0.8" | 0.2" | 8.1 | 0.0 |
| April | 64°F (18°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 0.6" | 0.0" | 2.0 | 0.0 |
| May | 73°F (23°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 0.8" | 0.0" | 0.1 | 1.7 |
| June | 80°F (27°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 0.5" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 4.7 |
| July | 90°F (32°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 76°F (25°C) | 0.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 17.8 |
| August | 89°F (32°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 76°F (24°C) | 0.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 17.0 |
| September | 80°F (27°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 0.3" | 0.0" | 0.1 | 4.3 |
| October | 66°F (19°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 0.8" | 0.1" | 3.2 | 0.0 |
| November | 50°F (10°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 1.1" | 0.4" | 10.9 | 0.0 |
| December | 41°F (5°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 1.7" | 1.4" | 17.1 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Arlington works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 92°F by July 27 and hold at or above 90°F on 28 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 91 dates, bottoming at 29°F around December 24.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from July 16 through August 12, covering 28 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs May 4 to October 8.
This counts calendar dates whose 1991–2020 normal high reaches 90°F. It is a smaller number than the 90°F+ day counts in the monthly table above, which measure how often the threshold was actually crossed in a typical year. A date can average 88°F and still exceed 90°F in half of all years.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into February 27, then returns to freezing around November 29, covering 91 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 January 1, when 38% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is July 25 at 4%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 78 wet dates a year.
The widest day
September 6 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 27°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Arlington.
Where Arlington Stands Nationally
Aridity defines the water calendar: about 9 inches in a normal year lands this among the driest tenth of ranked stations.
Arlington earns one nationally notable standing (outer quintile) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations, middle-of-the-pack metrics stay silent here.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 2.0"
11.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.2"
8.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.2"
8.5 days with precipitation
6.1 days with precipitation
6.5 days with precipitation
3.5 days with precipitation
1.0 days with precipitation
1.7 days with precipitation
2.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
6.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.4"
9.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.4"
11.4 days with precipitation
Arlington's wet season runs through the cold months
December, January and February carry 44% of the year's precipitation here, while June through August contribute 8%. That is the cool-season-dominant pattern of the West Coast and the higher inland West, where storm tracks swing south in winter and summer turns dry; the thermometer meanwhile shows a 41°F seasonal spread.
- Wettest month
- December, 1.7"
- Driest month
- July, 0.1"
- Wettest three months
- December, January, November (46% of the year)
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. A cool-season label means the December-February share reaches 35%. Where snow falls, the monthly figures above report liquid-equivalent precipitation, so a wet winter month is not necessarily a rainy one.
Arlington is dry, and what does fall arrives gently
Only about 77 days a year record measurable precipitation here, 21% of the calendar, and they carry 9.3" between them. At roughly 0.12 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 11 wet days; the driest is July at about 1.
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 Arlington, but rarely amounts to much
The normals record 5.3 inches of snow a year here, most likely in January. 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 5 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 21
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 6
50% probability date
Growing Season
198 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
4,820
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
970
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside OR closest to Arlington 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 (54°F here).
- Bent Creek, NC 54°F · 0.0°F off
- Bloomfield, NM 54°F · 0.0°F off
- Charleston, WV 54°F · 0.0°F off
- Effingham, IL 54°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (9.3" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- St George, UT 9.3" · 0.0" off
- Terlingua, TX 9.3" · 0.0" off
- Minden, NV 9.3" · 0.0" off
- Riverside, CA 9.4" · 0.1" off
Scarce-water calendar
Where Arlington's limited precipitation lands
heating led · dry · mid swing
Arlington's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 4,820 annual heating degree days against 970 for cooling. Its 41.0°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Arlington's frost-free season lasts about 198 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Arlington's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 41.0°F. The annual average is 54°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Arlington's cold-season load does not imply a wet climate. Annual precipitation is 9.3 inches, which places the station in PlainClimate's dry range. Annual snowfall totals 5.3 inches. The snowfall and rainfall fields should be read separately rather than inferred from temperature.
Arlington wettest normal
December
December concentrates the scarce annual total (9.3 inches).
Arlington 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 Arlington's primary station: ARLINGTON (USC00350265). 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 4102800). Match rule for Arlington: 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 Arlington 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.