Malheur Refuge Headquarters, 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 Malheur Refuge Headquarters's primary NOAA station, MALHEUR REFUGE HQ.
The climate verdict for Malheur Refuge Headquarters
Dryness leads the climate profile for Malheur Refuge Headquarters, Oregon, with 12.5 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 47°F. At 52/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 24% of scores.
- 47°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 52/100
- comfort score, above 24% of station-mapped location scores
- 12.5"
- yearly precipitation total
- 112 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Malheur Refuge Headquarters: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00355162 · Malheur Refuge Headquarters, OR 47°F mean · 12.5" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-MID · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 47°F
- RANK-COOL #1,715
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Monument
- PRCP-DRY 12.5"
- SWING-MID 39°F
- COMF-LOW 52/100
- LOAD-HEAT 6,933 HDD
- STN-1 USC00355162
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Monument, CO ( -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.
- Malheur Refuge… (this station) 47°F
- Cold Monument, CO 47°F
- Hot Kellogg, ID 47°F
- Near Alkali Lake, OR 47°F
- Near Ignacio, CO 47°F
Climate Living Index · Malheur Refuge Headquarters
Malheur Refuge Headquarters: 18/100 · grade F
Malheur Refuge Headquarters publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Malheur Refuge Headquarters, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 52/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 46.6°F · 20.9° from 67.5°F | 25/100 · F |
| Precipitation balance | 12.5 in · 22.5 from 35 in | 20/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 194 calendar days | 17/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 112 days/year | 3/100 · F |
Malheur Refuge Headquarters · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Malheur Refuge Headquarters is a continental Köppen climate: Dsb
Coldest-month mean 28.4°F and warmest-month mean 67.6°F place this station in continental, dry-summer, warm summer climates (Dsb). Class Dsb is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, dry-summer, warm summer.
- Köppen code
- Dsb
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 67.6°F
- Coldest month
- 28.4°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 Malheur Refuge Headquarters sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Malheur Refuge Headquarters's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 75%
- Among 6,861 stations, Malheur Refuge Headquarters sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 89%
- Malheur Refuge Headquarters's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 32nd percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Malheur Refuge Headquarters compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Malheur Refuge Headquarters's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
52 24th percentile score exceeds 24% 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
Malheur Refuge Headquarters's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 38 complete annual observations from 1939 to 2024, MALHEUR REFUGE HQ warmed at a fitted rate of 0.10°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Malheur Refuge Headquarters primary station fitted change +0.10 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39°F (4°C) | 20°F (-7°C) | 29°F (-1°C) | 1.7" | 29.1 | 0.0 |
| February | 43°F (6°C) | 22°F (-6°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 1.0" | 25.9 | 0.0 |
| March | 52°F (11°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 1.2" | 24.7 | 0.0 |
| April | 58°F (15°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 1.1" | 18.9 | 0.0 |
| May | 68°F (20°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 1.8" | 6.3 | 0.4 |
| June | 75°F (24°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 1.1" | 1.4 | 1.1 |
| July | 85°F (29°C) | 51°F (10°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 0.5" | 0.1 | 8.7 |
| August | 83°F (28°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 65°F (19°C) | 0.4" | 0.6 | 5.7 |
| September | 75°F (24°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 0.7" | 4.3 | 0.6 |
| October | 62°F (17°C) | 31°F (0°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 0.9" | 18.7 | 0.1 |
| November | 47°F (8°C) | 24°F (-4°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 1.0" | 25.3 | 0.0 |
| December | 37°F (3°C) | 20°F (-7°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 1.2" | 29.0 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 87°F around July 24, short of 90°F on every date, while 194 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 19°F near December 20.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 23, then returns to freezing around October 13, covering 194 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.
The widest day
September 6 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 36°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Malheur Refuge Headquarters.
Where Malheur Refuge Headquarters Stands Nationally
Freezing is routine here by normals standards — the normal low reaches 32°F or colder on about 194 nights a year, more than most ranked stations.
A drier-than-most normal water year — around 13 inches, below what four out of five ranked stations collect.
Malheur Refuge Headquarters earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
Malheur Refuge Headquarters spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 15% of the annual total and December through February 31%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Malheur Refuge Headquarters has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 39.2°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: May averages 1.8" and August 0.4". The three wettest months together take 38% of the year, against the 25% a perfectly flat distribution would give them.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. "Spread across the year" means neither the June-August nor the December-February share reaches 35%; it describes an average year, not the variability of any single one.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
September 18
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 29
50% probability date
Growing Season
112 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
6,933
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
245
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside OR closest to Malheur Refuge Headquarters 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 (47°F here).
- Addison, NY 47°F · 0.0°F off
- Baraboo, WI 47°F · 0.0°F off
- Boyne Falls, MI 47°F · 0.0°F off
- Coalville, UT 47°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (12.5" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Wilbur, WA 12.5" · 0.0" off
- Fairfield, UT 12.5" · 0.0" off
- Harlem, MT 12.5" · 0.0" off
- Redrock, NM 12.5" · 0.0" off
Scarce-water calendar
Where Malheur Refuge Headquarters's limited precipitation lands
heating led · dry · mid swing
Malheur Refuge Headquarters's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 6,933 annual heating degree days against 245 for cooling. Its 39.2°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 112 days are frost-free in a normal year. That short interval is consistent with the cold-season signal, but the measure does not predict the exact first or last freeze in any one year.
July and December mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Malheur Refuge Headquarters's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 39.2°F. The annual average is 47°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Malheur Refuge Headquarters's cold-season load does not imply a wet climate. Annual precipitation is 12.5 inches, which places the station in PlainClimate's dry range. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. The snowfall and rainfall fields should be read separately rather than inferred from temperature.
Malheur Refuge Headquarters wettest normal
May
May concentrates the scarce annual total (12.5 inches).
Malheur Refuge Headquarters driest normal
August
August is typically driest; arid stations are defined by when water is absent, not by a four-season grid.
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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 Malheur Refuge Headquarters's primary station: MALHEUR REFUGE HQ (USC00355162). 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 Malheur Refuge Headquarters; 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 Malheur Refuge Headquarters 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.