Elkton, 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 Elkton's primary NOAA station, ELKTON 3 SW - 2 stations mapped to the area.
The climate verdict for Elkton
Water is the standout signal in Elkton, Oregon: 49.9 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 55°F. It scores 83/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 81% of them.
- 55°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 83/100
- comfort score, above 81% of station-mapped location scores
- 49.9"
- annual precipitation · 1" snow
- 236 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Elkton: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00352633 · Elkton, OR 55°F mean · 49.9" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-NARROW · COMF-TOP · LOAD-HEAT · STN-MULTI · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 55°F
- RANK-UPPER #4,254
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Nature Park-bea…
- PRCP-MID 49.9"
- SWING-NARROW 26°F
- COMF-TOP 83/100
- LOAD-HEAT 3,875 HDD
- STN-MULTI USC00352633
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Nature Park-beaverton, OR (+ 0.4 °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 Richardson GR S…, CA 56°F
- Near Nature Park-bea…, OR 56°F
- Near Illahe, OR 56°F
- Elkton (this station) 55°F
- Cold Powers, OR 55°F
Climate Living Index · Elkton
Elkton: 76/100 · grade B
Elkton publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Elkton, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 83/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 0 calendar days | 100/100 · A |
| Snowfall burden | 0.6 inches/year | 86/100 · A |
| Frost-free season | 236 days/year | 83/100 · B |
| Annual temperature balance | 55.4°F · 12.1° from 67.5°F | 61/100 · C |
| Precipitation balance | 49.9 in · 14.9 from 35 in | 47/100 · D |
Elkton · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Elkton is a temperate Köppen climate: Csb
Coldest-month mean 43.0°F and warmest-month mean 69.2°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
- 69.2°F
- Coldest month
- 43.0°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 Elkton sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Elkton's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 62nd percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 19% wettest
- Elkton's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 94%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Elkton is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Elkton compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Elkton's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
83 Top 19% score exceeds 81% 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%). Below this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Below this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Below this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). This entry sits in this band.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 50°F (10°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 44°F (6°C) | 8.2" | 0.4" | 6.2 | 0.0 |
| February | 55°F (13°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 5.8" | 0.1" | 4.7 | 0.0 |
| March | 60°F (16°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 5.3" | 0.0" | 2.4 | 0.0 |
| April | 65°F (18°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 4.7" | 0.1" | 0.8 | 0.1 |
| May | 72°F (22°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 2.6" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 1.3 |
| June | 77°F (25°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 1.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 1.9 |
| July | 86°F (30°C) | 53°F (11°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 0.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 8.7 |
| August | 86°F (30°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 69°F (20°C) | 0.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 8.8 |
| September | 81°F (27°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 1.3" | 0.0" | 0.1 | 4.8 |
| October | 69°F (21°C) | 44°F (6°C) | 56°F (14°C) | 3.0" | 0.0" | 0.8 | 0.4 |
| November | 55°F (13°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 7.5" | 0.0" | 2.7 | 0.0 |
| December | 49°F (9°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 10.1" | 0.0" | 5.2 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The calendar barely moves in Elkton: no date carries a normal high of 90°F or a normal low at freezing. The year runs between 36°F near December 23 and 88°F near July 27.
No freezing date
Not one calendar date in the 1991–2020 record carries a normal low at or below 32°F. The coldest normal low of the year is 36°F around December 23.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is December 6, when 71% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is July 28 at 5%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 151 wet dates a year.
The widest day
August 3 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 35°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Elkton.
Where Elkton Stands Nationally
The normal water year runs well above the national norm at roughly 50 inches.
Daily temperature swings run wider than most of the country, peaking near 35°F between the normal high and low.
Elkton 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: 0.4"
20.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
18.1 days with precipitation
18.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
15.5 days with precipitation
10.8 days with precipitation
6.4 days with precipitation
1.8 days with precipitation
2.1 days with precipitation
4.6 days with precipitation
11.4 days with precipitation
19.2 days with precipitation
21.7 days with precipitation
Elkton's wet season runs through the cold months
December, January and February carry 48% of the year's precipitation here, while June through August contribute 3%. 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 an unusually narrow 26.2°F seasonal spread.
- Wettest month
- December, 10.1"
- Driest month
- August, 0.2"
- Wettest three months
- December, January, November (52% 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.
How Elkton's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 151 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 49.9" between them, or roughly 0.33 inches on a typical wet day. That sits in the middle band: neither the many-light-days pattern of the Pacific Northwest and the Great Lakes, nor the few-heavy-events pattern of the Gulf and the desert Southwest.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year and say nothing about the heaviest single storm on record.
Snow reaches Elkton, but rarely amounts to much
The normals record 0.6 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 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
November 12
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 21
50% probability date
Growing Season
236 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
3,875
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
388
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside OR closest to Elkton 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 (55°F here).
- Appleton City, MO 55°F · 0.0°F off
- Danville, KY 55°F · 0.0°F off
- Erwin, TN 55°F · 0.0°F off
- Greenwood, DE 55°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (49.9" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Disputanta, VA 49.9" · 0.0" off
- Nacogdoches, TX 49.9" · 0.0" off
- Camden, NY 49.9" · 0.0" off
- Fernandina Beach, FL 49.9" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Elkton's climate pattern fits together
heating led · wet · low swing
Heating is the larger measured load in Elkton, at 3,875 degree days versus 388 for cooling. Unlike a strongly continental record, however, its 26.2°F month-to-month range is compact; persistent cool-season demand matters more than a dramatic summer-to-winter reversal.
Elkton's frost-free season lasts about 236 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
Elkton's 26.2°F seasonal spread is compact even though precipitation is abundant. July and December mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar. The annual average is 55°F. Temperature is relatively steady; the monthly rows show how rain and snow observations vary across the calendar.
Alongside its heating load, Elkton carries 49.9 inches of precipitation in a normal year, inside PlainClimate's wet range. Annual snowfall totals 0.6 inches. That distinction matters because a wet annual total can arrive as rain, snow, or a mixture at different times.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Elkton'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 Elkton, 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 Elkton's primary station: ELKTON 3 SW (USC00352633). 2 NOAA stations are mapped to the Elkton area; the primary station's record is used for consistency. 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 4122800). Match rule for Elkton: 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 Elkton 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.