Ashland, OR Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Annual temperature and rainfall from NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 normals →; comfort score computed by PlainClimate
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Ashland's primary NOAA station, ASHLAND.
The climate verdict for Ashland
Dryness leads the climate profile for Ashland, Oregon, with 19.5 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 52°F. Its climate comfort score of 59/100 (moderate) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 37% of station-mapped location scores.
- 52°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 59/100
- comfort score, above 37% of station-mapped location scores
- 19.5"
- precipitation, annual total
- 155 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Ashland: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00350304 · Ashland, OR 52°F mean · 19.5" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-MID · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 52°F
- RANK-MID #3,431
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Forest Grove
- PRCP-DRY 19.5"
- SWING-MID 31°F
- COMF-MID 59/100
- LOAD-HEAT 5,023 HDD
- STN-1 USC00350304
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Forest Grove, OR ( -0.1 °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.
- Hot Spruce Pine, NC 53°F
- Near Cougar, WA 53°F
- Ashland (this station) 52°F
- Cold Forest Grove, OR 52°F
- Near Callahan, CA 52°F
Climate Living Index · Ashland
Ashland: 56/100 · grade C
Ashland publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Ashland, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 59/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Snowfall burden | 0.5 inches/year | 86/100 · A |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 118 calendar days | 66/100 · C |
| Annual temperature balance | 52.2°F · 15.3° from 67.5°F | 50/100 · D |
| Precipitation balance | 19.5 in · 15.5 from 35 in | 45/100 · D |
| Frost-free season | 155 days/year | 29/100 · F |
Ashland · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Ashland is a temperate Köppen climate: Csb
Coldest-month mean 38.2°F and warmest-month mean 69.4°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
- 69.4°F
- Coldest month
- 38.2°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 Ashland sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Ashland's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 50th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 73%
- Ashland's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 89%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Ashland is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Ashland compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Ashland's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
59 37th percentile score exceeds 37% 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
Ashland's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 112 complete annual observations from 1890 to 2025, ASHLAND warmed at a fitted rate of 0.07°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Ashland primary station fitted change +0.07 °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 | 49°F (9°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 2.4" | 0.0" | 20.7 | 0.0 |
| February | 54°F (12°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 2.0" | 0.3" | 18.9 | 0.0 |
| March | 58°F (14°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 2.0" | 0.0" | 17.2 | 0.0 |
| April | 63°F (17°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 1.9" | 0.0" | 9.7 | 0.0 |
| May | 71°F (22°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 1.6" | 0.0" | 2.2 | 1.1 |
| June | 79°F (26°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 0.8" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 4.0 |
| July | 88°F (31°C) | 51°F (10°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 0.4" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 14.5 |
| August | 87°F (31°C) | 49°F (10°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 0.4" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 12.8 |
| September | 81°F (27°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 0.5" | 0.0" | 0.5 | 5.6 |
| October | 68°F (20°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 1.4" | 0.0" | 8.4 | 0.2 |
| November | 54°F (12°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 2.6" | 0.0" | 15.8 | 0.0 |
| December | 47°F (8°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 3.4" | 0.2" | 21.3 | 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 118 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 29°F near December 23.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 17, then returns to freezing around November 21, covering 118 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 November 29, when 50% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is August 2 at 6%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 113 wet dates a year.
The widest day
July 25 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 Ashland.
Where Ashland 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.
Ashland 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
14.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.3"
12.1 days with precipitation
13.9 days with precipitation
13.4 days with precipitation
9.6 days with precipitation
4.8 days with precipitation
2.1 days with precipitation
1.9 days with precipitation
3.4 days with precipitation
7.4 days with precipitation
14.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.2"
14.9 days with precipitation
Ashland's wet season runs through the cold months
December, January and February carry 40% 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 31.2°F seasonal spread.
- Wettest month
- December, 3.4"
- Driest month
- August, 0.4"
- Wettest three months
- December, November, January (42% 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.
Ashland is dry, and what does fall arrives gently
Only about 113 days a year record measurable precipitation here, 31% of the calendar, and they carry 19.5" between them. At roughly 0.17 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 15 wet days; the driest is August at about 2.
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 Ashland, but rarely amounts to much
The normals record 0.5 inches of snow a year here, most likely in February. 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 0 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 8
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 6
50% probability date
Growing Season
155 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
5,023
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
381
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside OR closest to Ashland 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 (52°F here).
- Athens, WV 52°F · 0.0°F off
- Crescent City, CA 52°F · 0.0°F off
- Delphi, IN 52°F · 0.0°F off
- Fort Madison, IA 52°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (19.5" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Walsh, CO 19.5" · 0.0" off
- Ogallala, NE 19.5" · 0.0" off
- Carrizo Springs, TX 19.6" · 0.0" off
- Kenmare, ND 19.5" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Ashland's climate pattern fits together
heating led · dry · mid swing
Ashland's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 5,023 annual heating degree days against 381 for cooling. Its 31.2°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Ashland's frost-free season lasts about 155 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
July and December mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Ashland's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 31.2°F. The annual average is 52°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Ashland's cold-season load does not imply a wet climate. Annual precipitation is 19.5 inches, which places the station in PlainClimate's dry range. Recorded annual snowfall is negligible. The snowfall and rainfall fields should be read separately rather than inferred from temperature.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Ashland's primary station, so the winter figures are a thirty-year average and not a floor: a single hard season can run well below them. Treat each band as a descriptive range for Ashland, not an official NOAA class or a year-ahead forecast.
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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 Ashland's primary station: ASHLAND (USC00350304). 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 4103050). Match rule for Ashland: 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 Ashland 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.