Florence, OR Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, plus PlainClimate's derived comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Florence's primary NOAA station, FLORENCE #2.
The climate verdict for Florence
Water is the standout signal in Florence, Oregon: 75.5 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 50°F. At 53/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 31% of scores.
- 50°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 53/100
- comfort score, above 31% of station-mapped location scores
- 75.5"
- annual precipitation · 1" snow
- 219 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Florence: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00352973 · Florence, OR 50°F mean · 75.5" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-NARROW · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 50°F
- RANK-MID #2,813
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Coupeville
- PRCP-WET 75.5"
- SWING-NARROW 16°F
- COMF-LOW 53/100
- LOAD-HEAT 5,366 HDD
- STN-1 USC00352973
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Coupeville, WA ( -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.
- Florence (this station) 50°F
- Cold Coupeville, WA 50°F
- Hot Forks, WA 50°F
- Near Clearwater, WA 50°F
- Near Alsea FH, OR 50°F
Climate Living Index · Florence
Florence: 61/100 · grade C
Florence publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Florence, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 53/100 (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 | 219 days/year | 77/100 · B |
| Annual temperature balance | 50.3°F · 17.2° from 67.5°F | 42/100 · D |
| Precipitation balance | 75.5 in · 40.5 from 35 in | 0/100 · F |
Florence · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Florence is a temperate Köppen climate: Csb
Coldest-month mean 42.5°F and warmest-month mean 58.7°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
- 58.7°F
- Coldest month
- 42.5°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 Florence sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Florence's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 41st percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 2% wettest
- Florence's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 98%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Florence is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Florence compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Florence's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
53 31st percentile score exceeds 31% 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
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 (10°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 10.2" | 0.3" | 6.7 | 0.0 |
| February | 51°F (11°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 9.3" | 0.1" | 7.0 | 0.0 |
| March | 53°F (12°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 9.3" | 0.0" | 5.6 | 0.0 |
| April | 56°F (13°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 6.4" | 0.1" | 2.2 | 0.0 |
| May | 60°F (16°C) | 44°F (6°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 3.9" | 0.0" | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| June | 64°F (18°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 2.9" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| July | 68°F (20°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 0.5" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| August | 67°F (20°C) | 49°F (10°C) | 58°F (15°C) | 1.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| September | 66°F (19°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 56°F (14°C) | 2.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| October | 61°F (16°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 6.0" | 0.0" | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| November | 53°F (12°C) | 40°F (5°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 11.3" | 0.1" | 2.1 | 0.0 |
| December | 48°F (9°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 12.5" | 0.0" | 7.0 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The calendar barely moves in Florence: no date carries a normal high of 90°F or a normal low at freezing. The year runs between 37°F near February 15 and 68°F near July 17.
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 37°F around February 15.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is December 24, when 71% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is July 24 at 13%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 180 wet dates a year.
The widest day
September 15 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 20°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Florence.
Where Florence Stands Nationally
This is one of the wettest normals climates ranked: about 76 inches of precipitation in a normal year, a total fewer than one station in ten surpasses.
Among the steadiest day-night climates ranked: even the widest normal daily swing holds to roughly 20°F.
Florence 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: 0.3"
20.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
20.4 days with precipitation
21.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
18.7 days with precipitation
13.0 days with precipitation
10.4 days with precipitation
3.8 days with precipitation
6.0 days with precipitation
9.0 days with precipitation
15.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
19.9 days with precipitation
21.3 days with precipitation
Florence's wet season runs through the cold months
December, January and February carry 42% of the year's precipitation here, while June through August contribute 6%. 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 16.2°F seasonal spread.
- Wettest month
- December, 12.5"
- Driest month
- July, 0.5"
- Wettest three months
- December, November, January (45% 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 Florence, it arrives in quantity
75.5" of precipitation falls across only about 179 wet days here, averaging 0.42 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 179 a year, 49% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.42 inches
- Most wet days
- March, about 22
- Fewest wet days
- July, about 4
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 Florence, 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 1 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 15
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 10
50% probability date
Growing Season
219 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
5,366
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
4
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside OR closest to Florence 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 (50°F here).
- Bedford, IA 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Boulder, UT 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Central City, NE 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Chatham, MA 50°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (75.5" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Brevard, NC 75.6" · 0.0" off
- Grayland, WA 75.2" · 0.3" off
- Caesars Head, SC 74.2" · 1.3" off
- Niceville, FL 73.4" · 2.2" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Florence's climate pattern fits together
heating led · wet · low swing
Heating is the larger measured load in Florence, at 5,366 degree days versus 4 for cooling. Unlike a strongly continental record, however, its 16.2°F month-to-month range is compact; persistent cool-season demand matters more than a dramatic summer-to-winter reversal.
Florence's frost-free season lasts about 219 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
Florence's 16.2°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 50°F. Temperature is relatively steady; the monthly rows show how rain and snow observations vary across the calendar.
Alongside its heating load, Florence carries 75.5 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 Florence'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 Florence, 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 Florence's primary station: FLORENCE #2 (USC00352973). 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 4126050). Match rule for Florence: 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 Florence 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.