Barnes Station, Oregon climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Barnes Station's normal year runs from 23°F December nights to 89°F July afternoons, with 12.5 inches of precipitation and 31 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 9.4°C, December lows of −5°C, July highs of 32°C, 316 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationBarnes Station
- Station IDUSC00350501
- Location43.95°N 120.22°W
- Elevation3,970 ft (1,210 m)
On October 23, the normal high in Barnes Station is 61°F and the normal low 32°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 24%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Barnes Station.
- Jan 41° 23°
- Feb 46° 26°
- Mar 53° 29°
- Apr 60° 32°
- May 69° 39°
- Jun 78° 44°
- Jul 89° 50°
- Aug 88° 48°
- Sep 80° 41°
- Oct 65° 33°
- Nov 49° 28°
- Dec 40° 23°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like at Barnes Station each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 89°F; December the coldest, with normal lows of 23°F. The most precipitation falls in December (1.78 in), the least in September (0.43 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41°F | 23°F | 32.4°F | 1.52 | 5.9 | 11 | <1 | 27 | 9 h 10 min |
| February | 46°F | 26°F | 35.6°F | 1.04 | 6.2 | 9 | <1 | 24 | 10 h 30 min |
| March | 53°F | 29°F | 41.3°F | 1.06 | 2.3 | 10 | <1 | 23 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 60°F | 32°F | 45.9°F | 1.10 | 1.2 | 10 | <1 | 19 | 13 h 20 min |
| May | 69°F | 39°F | 53.9°F | 1.44 | 0.2 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 14 h 40 min |
| June | 78°F | 44°F | 60.8°F | 0.94 | 0.0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 15 h 30 min |
| July | 89°F | 50°F | 69.3°F | 0.49 | 0.0 | 4 | 16 | <1 | 15 h 10 min |
| August | 88°F | 48°F | 68.0°F | 0.44 | 0.0 | 3 | 14 | <1 | 14 h |
| September | 80°F | 41°F | 60.3°F | 0.43 | 0.0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 h 40 min |
| October | 65°F | 33°F | 49.1°F | 0.91 | 0.6 | 6 | <1 | 17 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 49°F | 28°F | 38.3°F | 1.31 | 4.5 | 10 | <1 | 22 | 9 h 40 min |
| December | 40°F | 23°F | 31.3°F | 1.78 | 9.6 | 10 | <1 | 27 | 9 h |
| Year (annual) | 63°F | 35°F | 48.9°F | 12.46 | 30.5 | 93 | 39 | 175 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5°C | −5°C | 0.2°C | 39 mm | 15 cm |
| February | 8°C | −4°C | 2.0°C | 26 mm | 16 cm |
| March | 12°C | −1°C | 5.2°C | 27 mm | 6 cm |
| April | 15°C | 0°C | 7.7°C | 28 mm | 3 cm |
| May | 21°C | 4°C | 12.2°C | 37 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 26°C | 7°C | 16.0°C | 24 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 32°C | 10°C | 20.7°C | 12 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 31°C | 9°C | 20.0°C | 11 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 27°C | 5°C | 15.7°C | 11 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 18°C | 1°C | 9.5°C | 23 mm | 2 cm |
| November | 9°C | −2°C | 3.5°C | 33 mm | 11 cm |
| December | 4°C | −5°C | −0.4°C | 45 mm | 24 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00350501; annual normals. Wet days: 0.01 inch or more; 90°F days and freezing nights: NOAA's day counts. Daylight: sunrise to sunset on the 15th, computed from the latitude.
Which months are mildest at Barnes Station?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, September and October. Of those, September has the fewest days with rain (4).
That is a measurement, not a recommendation: it counts the months whose normal afternoon high sits between 65°F and 85°F, where a light layer is enough by day.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00350501.
When is the last frost at Barnes Station?
In Barnes Station, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after June 2 in half of years and after June 25 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before September 17 in half of years and before August 30 in one year in ten.
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- June 21 year in 10 after June 25; 9 in 10 after May 13
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- September 171 year in 10 before August 30; 9 in 10 before October 1
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 104 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 140 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after May 12 in half of springs and before September 30 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Barnes Station in zone 6a in ZIP code 97752, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, the station is in zone 6a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −5°F (29 complete years).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Oregon · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00350501; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; the station zone: ACIS daily lows, 1991-2020. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
How hot and how cold does it get at Barnes Station?
In a normal year in Barnes Station, 39 days a year reach 90°F (3 of them 100°F or more), 175 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 93 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 39a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 3a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 175a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 10high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 93a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 14a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1961) is 108°F, on June 30, 2021; the lowest is −31°F, on January 22, 1962.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1983, with 24.57 in; the snowiest season is 1992–93, with 113.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00350501; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00350501. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is it at Barnes Station?
Over a year 81% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Barnes Station, 4.6 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (93%) and December the cloudiest (62%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 66% | 1.7 |
| February | 69% | 2.7 |
| March | 71% | 4.0 |
| April | 75% | 5.5 |
| May | 78% | 6.5 |
| June | 85% | 7.6 |
| July | 93% | 7.9 |
| August | 91% | 6.8 |
| September | 88% | 5.3 |
| October | 80% | 3.5 |
| November | 70% | 2.0 |
| December | 62% | 1.4 |
Source: NASA POWER solar climatology, 2001-2020 (CERES SYN1deg). Satellite-based, for the 1-degree cell (about 100 km across) around the station, so it describes the area rather than the airport.
How many heating and cooling degree days does Barnes Station record?
A normal year at Barnes Station brings 6,248 heating degree days, 16% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 388 cooling degree days, 57% fewer than the median (908). Eight months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 2,108 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,012 | 0 |
| February | 822 | 0 |
| March | 735 | 0 |
| April | 574 | 0 |
| May | 351 | 7 |
| June | 165 | 41 |
| July | 34 | 169 |
| August | 41 | 136 |
| September | 175 | 34 |
| October | 492 | 1 |
| November | 799 | 0 |
| December | 1,046 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 6,248 | 388 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00350501. A degree day is one degree of a day's mean temperature below 65°F (heating) or above it (cooling); utilities use them to estimate energy use.
Have recent years at Barnes Station been warmer than normal?
2023 averaged 49.1°F, 0.2°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 48.9°F. 2 of the 2 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 51.0°F | +2.1°F | 7.19 | – |
| 2023 | 49.1°F | +0.2°F | 12.36 | – |
Over 53 complete years from 1962 to 2023, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 5.4°F per century (+0.30°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00350501; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Barnes Station's climate compare?
Barnes Station is warmer than 24 of the 105 places with their own NOAA record in Oregon, and wetter than 16. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 48.9°F is warmer than 36%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Barnes Station is BSk: cold semi-arid steppe. What the classes mean.
Places with the most similar year elsewhere
Measured month by month on the normal high, low and precipitation, among places of 20,000 or more people in other states:
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for every station PlainClimate covers. Similarity: the root-mean-square difference of the 36 monthly figures, precipitation weighted so an inch counts like 6°F.
Questions about Barnes Station's climate
What is the coldest month at Barnes Station?
December, with a normal high of 40°F and a normal low of 23°F. The warmest is July (89°F by day, 50°F at night).
Does it snow at Barnes Station?
Yes: 31 inches in a normal year, falling on 17 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in December (9.6 inches).
What is the rainiest month at Barnes Station?
December, with 1.78 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is September with 0.43 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Barnes Station in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Barnes Station in zone 6a in ZIP code 97752, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −5°F (29 years, 1991-2020): zone 6a.
How late can frost come at Barnes Station?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after June 2; in one year in ten it comes after June 25. Waiting until June 25 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Oregon climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Paulina, OR17 miles from this station, 46.6°F a year
- Brothers, OR21 miles from this station, 43.1°F a year
- Prineville, OR40 miles from this station, 49.4°F a year
- Squaw Butte-Northern Great Bas, OR40 miles from this station, 45.7°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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