Government Camp, Oregon climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Government Camp's normal year runs from 26°F December nights to 70°F August afternoons, with 89.8 inches of precipitation and 233 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 6.1°C, December lows of −4°C, August highs of 21°C, 2,280 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationGovernment Camp
- Station IDUSC00353402
- Location45.30°N 121.74°W
- Elevation3,980 ft (1,213 m)
- Population (census place)64
On October 23, the normal high in Government Camp is 50°F and the normal low 35°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 47%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Government Camp.
- Jan 37° 26°
- Feb 38° 26°
- Mar 41° 28°
- Apr 45° 31°
- May 54° 36°
- Jun 59° 41°
- Jul 69° 48°
- Aug 70° 48°
- Sep 64° 45°
- Oct 53° 37°
- Nov 42° 30°
- Dec 35° 26°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like in Government Camp each month?
August is the warmest month, with normal highs of 70°F; December the coldest, with normal lows of 26°F. The most precipitation falls in December (14.43 in), the least in July (0.88 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37°F | 26°F | 31.8°F | 12.61 | 48.8 | 20 | <1 | 26 | 9 h 10 min |
| February | 38°F | 26°F | 32.0°F | 9.64 | 39.5 | 17 | <1 | 25 | 10 h 20 min |
| March | 41°F | 28°F | 34.5°F | 9.41 | 35.6 | 20 | <1 | 25 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 45°F | 31°F | 37.8°F | 7.78 | 17.6 | 19 | <1 | 22 | 13 h 30 min |
| May | 54°F | 36°F | 44.9°F | 5.75 | 4.2 | 14 | <1 | 11 | 14 h 50 min |
| June | 59°F | 41°F | 50.2°F | 4.01 | 0.6 | 11 | <1 | 2 | 15 h 40 min |
| July | 69°F | 48°F | 58.4°F | 0.88 | 0.0 | 4 | <1 | <1 | 15 h 20 min |
| August | 70°F | 48°F | 59.3°F | 1.09 | 0.0 | 4 | 1 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| September | 64°F | 45°F | 54.4°F | 3.06 | 0.2 | 7 | <1 | 1 | 12 h 40 min |
| October | 53°F | 37°F | 44.9°F | 8.42 | 3.8 | 13 | <1 | 9 | 11 h |
| November | 42°F | 30°F | 35.9°F | 12.69 | 30.6 | 19 | <1 | 21 | 9 h 30 min |
| December | 35°F | 26°F | 30.5°F | 14.43 | 51.6 | 21 | <1 | 28 | 8 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 51°F | 35°F | 42.9°F | 89.77 | 232.5 | 169 | 1 | 170 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3°C | −3°C | −0.1°C | 320 mm | 124 cm |
| February | 3°C | −3°C | 0.0°C | 245 mm | 100 cm |
| March | 5°C | −2°C | 1.4°C | 239 mm | 90 cm |
| April | 7°C | −1°C | 3.2°C | 198 mm | 45 cm |
| May | 12°C | 2°C | 7.2°C | 146 mm | 11 cm |
| June | 15°C | 5°C | 10.1°C | 102 mm | 2 cm |
| July | 21°C | 9°C | 14.7°C | 22 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 21°C | 9°C | 15.2°C | 28 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 18°C | 7°C | 12.4°C | 78 mm | 1 cm |
| October | 12°C | 3°C | 7.2°C | 214 mm | 10 cm |
| November | 5°C | −1°C | 2.2°C | 322 mm | 78 cm |
| December | 2°C | −4°C | −0.8°C | 367 mm | 131 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00353402; 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.
When is the best weather to visit Government Camp?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in July and August. Of those, July 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 USC00353402.
When is the last frost in Government Camp?
In Government Camp, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 27 in half of years and after June 14 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 9 in half of years and before September 18 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
- May 271 year in 10 after June 14; 9 in 10 after May 4
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 91 year in 10 before September 18; 9 in 10 before October 26
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 134 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 176 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after May 3 in half of springs and before October 28 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Government Camp in zone 7a in ZIP code 97028, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Government Camp's NOAA station is in zone 7b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 7°F (30 complete years); the map interpolates between stations and terrain, so the station and the ZIP area can differ by half a zone.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Oregon · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00353402; 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 in Government Camp?
In a normal year in Government Camp, 1 day a year reaches 90°F, 170 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 169 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 170a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 42high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 169a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 55a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1951) is 105°F, on August 18, 1977; the lowest is −13°F, on February 4, 1989.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1996, with 130.43 in; the snowiest season is 1973–74, with 474.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00353402; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00353402. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Government Camp?
Over a year 79% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Government Camp, 4.2 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (93%) and December the cloudiest (56%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 57% | 1.3 |
| February | 66% | 2.3 |
| March | 68% | 3.5 |
| April | 75% | 5.1 |
| May | 78% | 6.3 |
| June | 83% | 7.1 |
| July | 93% | 7.7 |
| August | 91% | 6.5 |
| September | 86% | 4.8 |
| October | 76% | 3.0 |
| November | 64% | 1.6 |
| December | 56% | 1.1 |
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 much heating and cooling does Government Camp need?
A normal year in Government Camp brings 8,117 heating degree days, 51% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 73 cooling degree days, 92% fewer than the median (908). Ten months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 950 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,031 | 0 |
| February | 925 | 0 |
| March | 944 | 0 |
| April | 816 | 0 |
| May | 624 | 0 |
| June | 447 | 5 |
| July | 232 | 26 |
| August | 205 | 30 |
| September | 330 | 12 |
| October | 622 | 1 |
| November | 872 | 0 |
| December | 1,069 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 8,117 | 73 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00353402. 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.
Has Government Camp been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 44.6°F, 1.7°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 42.9°F. 4 of the 4 complete years since 2022 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 43.6°F | +0.7°F | 83.10 | – |
| 2023 | 43.4°F | +0.5°F | 60.70 | 219.0 |
| 2024 | 43.2°F | +0.3°F | – | 275.5 |
| 2025 | 44.6°F | +1.7°F | 57.80 | 129.5 |
Over 61 complete years from 1952 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 3.6°F per century (+0.20°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00353402; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Government Camp's climate compare?
Government Camp is warmer than 3 of the other 104 places with their own NOAA record in Oregon, and wetter than 93. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 42.9°F is warmer than 12%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Government Camp is Dsb: continental, dry-summer, warm summer. 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.
Which places near Government Camp share this climate record?
3 places have no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of their own, and this station is the nearest full record. A place's own climate can differ from these figures, by several degrees where it sits much higher or lower than the station, nearer the coast, or inside a large city's heat; for the larger places the next nearest records are named with their yearly mean, so the spread around them is visible, and places of 50,000 or more have their own page with NOAA's gridded normals.
- Rhododendron, OR205 people · 5 mi W
- Sportsmans Park, OR97 people · 18 mi E
- Pine Grove, OR95 people · 23 mi SE
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
Questions about Government Camp's climate
What is the coldest month in Government Camp?
December, with a normal high of 35°F and a normal low of 26°F. The warmest is August (70°F by day, 48°F at night).
Does it snow in Government Camp?
Yes: 233 inches in a normal year, falling on 58 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in December (51.6 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Government Camp?
December, with 14.43 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is July with 0.88 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Government Camp in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Government Camp in zone 7a in ZIP code 97028, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Government Camp's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 7°F (30 years, 1991-2020): zone 7b.
How late can frost come in Government Camp?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 27; in one year in ten it comes after June 14. Waiting until June 14 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Oregon climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Parkdale, OR18 miles from this station, 47.8°F a year
- Three Lynx, OR20 miles from this station, 50.1°F a year
- Headworks Portland Water B, OR22 miles from this station, 51.4°F a year
- Bonneville Dam, OR25 miles from this station, 52.8°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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