Laurel Mtn, 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 Laurel Mtn's primary NOAA station, LAUREL MTN.
The climate verdict for Laurel Mtn
Water is the standout signal in Laurel Mtn, Oregon: 131.9 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 46°F. At 40/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 6% of scores.
- 46°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 40/100
- comfort score, above 6% of station-mapped location scores
- 131.9"
- yearly precipitation total
- 156 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Laurel Mtn: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00354776 · Laurel Mtn, OR 46°F mean · 131.9" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-NARROW · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 46°F
- RANK-COOL #1,647
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Mcgaffey
- PRCP-WET 131.9"
- SWING-NARROW 26°F
- COMF-LOW 40/100
- LOAD-HEAT 6,961 HDD
- STN-1 USC00354776
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Mcgaffey, NM (+ 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.
- Laurel Mtn (this station) 46°F
- Cold Lemolo Lake, OR 46°F
- Hot Salida, CO 46°F
- Near Mcgaffey, NM 46°F
- Near Kumbrabow, WV 46°F
Climate Living Index · Laurel Mtn
Laurel Mtn: 29/100 · grade F
Laurel Mtn publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Laurel Mtn, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 40/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 141 calendar days | 52/100 · D |
| Frost-free season | 156 days/year | 30/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 46.3°F · 21.2° from 67.5°F | 24/100 · F |
| Precipitation balance | 131.9 in · 96.9 from 35 in | 0/100 · F |
Laurel Mtn · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Laurel Mtn is a temperate Köppen climate: Csb
Coldest-month mean 36.0°F and warmest-month mean 61.6°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
- 61.6°F
- Coldest month
- 36.0°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 Laurel Mtn sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Laurel Mtn's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 76%
- Among 6,861 stations, Laurel Mtn sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 1% wettest
- Laurel Mtn'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 Laurel Mtn is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Laurel Mtn compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Laurel Mtn's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
40 6th percentile score exceeds 6% 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 | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43°F (6°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 21.9" | 17.1 | 0.0 |
| February | 43°F (6°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 15.3" | 16.9 | 0.0 |
| March | 44°F (7°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 16.7" | 19.6 | 0.0 |
| April | 48°F (9°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 40°F (5°C) | 10.2" | 17.5 | 0.0 |
| May | 56°F (13°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 5.3" | 6.6 | 0.0 |
| June | 61°F (16°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 2.8" | 0.7 | 0.1 |
| July | 71°F (21°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 0.6" | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| August | 72°F (22°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 62°F (16°C) | 1.3" | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| September | 67°F (19°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 4.0" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| October | 56°F (13°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 10.8" | 2.8 | 0.0 |
| November | 47°F (8°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 40°F (5°C) | 19.8" | 13.6 | 0.0 |
| December | 42°F (5°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 23.3" | 20.1 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 74°F around July 31, short of 90°F on every date, while 141 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 30°F near December 17.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 16, then returns to freezing around November 28, covering 141 dates in all.
Derived from the normal daily minimum. This is a different measure from the 50%-probability frost dates shown elsewhere on this page, which come from NOAA’s frost product.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is December 2, when 63% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is July 31 at 8%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 152 wet dates a year.
The widest day
July 31 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 22°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Laurel Mtn.
Where Laurel Mtn Stands Nationally
This is one of the wettest normals climates ranked: about 132 inches of precipitation in a normal year, a total fewer than one station in ten surpasses.
Days and nights track unusually close together; the widest normal swing, about 22°F, is narrower than most stations record.
Laurel Mtn earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
19.8 days with precipitation
15.5 days with precipitation
18.5 days with precipitation
17.3 days with precipitation
12.0 days with precipitation
8.2 days with precipitation
2.7 days with precipitation
3.1 days with precipitation
6.0 days with precipitation
13.0 days with precipitation
17.6 days with precipitation
18.8 days with precipitation
Laurel Mtn's wet season runs through the cold months
December, January and February carry 46% of the year's precipitation here, while June through August contribute 4%. 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 25.6°F seasonal spread.
- Wettest month
- December, 23.3"
- Driest month
- July, 0.6"
- Wettest three months
- December, January, November (49% 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 Laurel Mtn, it arrives in quantity
131.9" of precipitation falls across only about 153 wet days here, averaging 0.86 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 153 a year, 42% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.86 inches
- Most wet days
- January, about 20
- Fewest wet days
- July, about 3
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.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 23
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 20
50% probability date
Growing Season
156 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
6,961
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
139
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
August
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside OR closest to Laurel Mtn 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 (46°F here).
- Binghamton, NY 46°F · 0.0°F off
- Chewelah, WA 46°F · 0.0°F off
- Delanson, NY 46°F · 0.0°F off
- Douglas, WY 46°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (131.9" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Yakutat, AK 142.0" · 10.2" off
- Hilo, HI 120.4" · 11.5" off
- Forks, WA 119.9" · 11.9" off
- Cougar, WA 115.3" · 16.6" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Laurel Mtn's climate pattern fits together
heating led · wet · low swing
Heating is the larger measured load in Laurel Mtn, at 6,961 degree days versus 139 for cooling. Unlike a strongly continental record, however, its 25.6°F month-to-month range is compact; persistent cool-season demand matters more than a dramatic summer-to-winter reversal.
Laurel Mtn's frost-free season lasts about 156 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
Laurel Mtn's 25.6°F seasonal spread is compact even though precipitation is abundant. August and December mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar. The annual average is 46°F. Temperature is relatively steady; the monthly rows show how rain and snow observations vary across the calendar.
Alongside its heating load, Laurel Mtn carries 131.9 inches of precipitation in a normal year, inside PlainClimate's wet range. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. 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 Laurel Mtn'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 Laurel Mtn, 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 Laurel Mtn's primary station: LAUREL MTN (USC00354776). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The conservative exact name-and-state crosswalk finds no Census place match, so PlainClimate treats this as a station-mapped location and does not claim it is a municipality. No exact Gazetteer row for Laurel Mtn; facility counts that depend on place identity are therefore an upper bound, not a municipal census.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Laurel Mtn 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.