Falls City, 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 Falls City's primary NOAA station, FALLS CITY 2 SSW.
The climate verdict for Falls City
Water is the standout signal in Falls City, Oregon: 81.2 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 51°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.
- 51°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 48/100
- comfort score, above 17% of station-mapped location scores
- 81.2"
- annual precipitation · 10" snow
- 203 days
- frost-free growing season
Falls City: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00352800 · Falls City, OR 51°F mean · 81.2" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-NARROW · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 51°F
- RANK-MID #3,019
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Skamania Fish H…
- PRCP-WET 81.2"
- SWING-NARROW 27°F
- COMF-LOW 48/100
- LOAD-HEAT 5,302 HDD
- STN-1 USC00352800
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Skamania Fish Hatchery, WA (+ 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.
- Falls City (this station) 51°F
- Cold Concrete Ppl Fi…, WA 51°F
- Hot Vancouver, WA 51°F
- Near Skamania Fish H…, WA 51°F
- Near Highlands, NC 51°F
Climate Living Index · Falls City
Falls City: 58/100 · grade C
Falls City publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Falls City, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 48/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 0 calendar days | 100/100 · A |
| Frost-free season | 203 days/year | 66/100 · C |
| Snowfall burden | 9.6 inches/year | 64/100 · C |
| Annual temperature balance | 50.9°F · 16.6° from 67.5°F | 44/100 · D |
| Precipitation balance | 81.2 in · 46.2 from 35 in | 0/100 · F |
Falls City · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Falls City is a temperate Köppen climate: Csb
Coldest-month mean 39.0°F and warmest-month mean 65.5°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
- 65.5°F
- Coldest month
- 39.0°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 Falls City sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Falls City's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 44th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 1% wettest
- Falls City'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 Falls City is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Falls City compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Falls City'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
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45°F (7°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 13.8" | 2.6" | 14.4 | 0.0 |
| February | 49°F (10°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 9.7" | 1.8" | 14.4 | 0.0 |
| March | 53°F (12°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 9.3" | 1.1" | 10.8 | 0.0 |
| April | 58°F (14°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 6.7" | 0.0" | 4.4 | 0.0 |
| May | 65°F (18°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 2.9" | 0.0" | 0.9 | 0.2 |
| June | 70°F (21°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 58°F (15°C) | 1.7" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 1.3 |
| July | 80°F (27°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 0.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 5.0 |
| August | 81°F (27°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 0.5" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 5.3 |
| September | 75°F (24°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 2.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 1.5 |
| October | 62°F (17°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 53°F (11°C) | 6.3" | 0.0" | 1.1 | 0.0 |
| November | 51°F (11°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 11.5" | 0.5" | 8.9 | 0.0 |
| December | 45°F (7°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 16.4" | 3.6" | 14.9 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The calendar barely moves in Falls City: no date carries a normal high of 90°F or a normal low at freezing. The year runs between 33°F near January 28 and 82°F near July 28.
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 33°F around January 28.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is December 26, when 69% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is July 28 at 6%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 162 wet dates a year.
The widest day
July 28 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 31°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Falls City.
Where Falls City Stands Nationally
This is one of the wettest normals climates ranked: about 81 inches of precipitation in a normal year, a total fewer than one station in ten surpasses.
Falls City 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: 2.6"
20.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.8"
17.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.1"
19.9 days with precipitation
18.0 days with precipitation
12.0 days with precipitation
8.1 days with precipitation
2.2 days with precipitation
2.5 days with precipitation
7.1 days with precipitation
14.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.5"
19.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 3.6"
21.0 days with precipitation
Falls City's wet season runs through the cold months
December, January and February carry 49% 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 26.5°F seasonal spread.
- Wettest month
- December, 16.4"
- Driest month
- July, 0.3"
- Wettest three months
- December, January, November (51% 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.
When it rains in Falls City, it arrives in quantity
81.2" of precipitation falls across only about 162 wet days here, averaging 0.50 inches each. Fewer days carry more water: the year's total is delivered in comparatively heavy events rather than persistent damp.
- Days with measurable precipitation
- about 162 a year, 44% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.50 inches
- Most wet days
- December, about 21
- Fewest wet days
- July, about 2
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, and a per-day average is not a forecast of any individual storm.
Snow reaches Falls City, but rarely amounts to much
The normals record 9.6 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 4 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 7
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 18
50% probability date
Growing Season
203 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
5,302
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
193
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
August
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside OR closest to Falls City 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 (51°F here).
- Battle Ground, WA 51°F · 0.0°F off
- Belington, WV 51°F · 0.0°F off
- Blaine, WA 51°F · 0.0°F off
- Bland, VA 51°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (81.2" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Valdez, AK 82.1" · 0.9" off
- Point Baker, AK 82.3" · 1.1" off
- Darrington, WA 83.0" · 1.8" off
- Klamath, CA 78.9" · 2.3" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Falls City's climate pattern fits together
heating led · wet · low swing
Heating is the larger measured load in Falls City, at 5,302 degree days versus 193 for cooling. Unlike a strongly continental record, however, its 26.5°F month-to-month range is compact; persistent cool-season demand matters more than a dramatic summer-to-winter reversal.
Falls City's frost-free season lasts about 203 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
Falls City's 26.5°F seasonal spread is compact even though precipitation is abundant. August and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar. The annual average is 51°F. Temperature is relatively steady; the monthly rows show how rain and snow observations vary across the calendar.
Alongside its heating load, Falls City carries 81.2 inches of precipitation in a normal year, inside PlainClimate's wet range. Annual snowfall totals 9.6 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 Falls City'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 Falls City, 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 Falls City's primary station: FALLS CITY 2 SSW (USC00352800). 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 4124550). Match rule for Falls City: 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 Falls City 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.