Meacham, 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 Meacham's primary NOAA station, MEACHAM.
The climate verdict for Meacham
Meacham, Oregon has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 43°F. At 47/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 17% of scores.
- 43°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 47/100
- comfort score, above 17% of station-mapped location scores
- 37.3"
- annual precipitation · 113" snow
Meacham: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00024152 · Meacham, OR 43°F mean · 37.3" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-MID · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 43°F
- RANK-COOL #755
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Reese River Ione
- PRCP-MID 37.3"
- SWING-MID 32°F
- COMF-LOW 47/100
- LOAD-HEAT 8,113 HDD
- STN-1 USW00024152
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Reese River Ione, NV (+ 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.
- Meacham (this station) 43°F
- Cold Skagway, AK 43°F
- Hot Government Camp, OR 43°F
- Near Reese River Ione, NV 43°F
- Near Westcliffe, CO 43°F
Climate Living Index · Meacham
Meacham: 26/100 · grade F
Meacham publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals · NOAA hourly normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Meacham, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 47/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 37.3 in · 2.3 from 35 in | 91/100 · A |
| Summer moisture balance | 40.8°F mean dew point | 39/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 42.8°F · 24.7° from 67.5°F | 12/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 220 calendar days | 5/100 · F |
| Snowfall burden | 113.2 inches/year | 0/100 · F |
Meacham · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Meacham is a continental Köppen climate: Dsb
Coldest-month mean 27.8°F and warmest-month mean 60.2°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
- 60.2°F
- Coldest month
- 27.8°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 Meacham sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Meacham's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 89%
- Among 6,861 stations, Meacham sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- 52nd percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 87%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Meacham is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Meacham compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Meacham's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
47 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 | 37°F (3°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 4.5" | 32.1" | 27.6 | 0.0 |
| February | 40°F (4°C) | 22°F (-6°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 3.6" | 13.1" | 25.3 | 0.0 |
| March | 46°F (8°C) | 24°F (-4°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 4.1" | 14.0" | 27.5 | 0.0 |
| April | 52°F (11°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 3.9" | 8.4" | 23.6 | 0.0 |
| May | 61°F (16°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 3.5" | 0.8" | 13.7 | 0.0 |
| June | 68°F (20°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 2.2" | 0.7" | 4.6 | 0.5 |
| July | 79°F (26°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 0.6" | 0.0" | 1.3 | 2.9 |
| August | 79°F (26°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 0.8" | 0.0" | 3.7 | 3.2 |
| September | 70°F (21°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 1.2" | 0.0" | 13.2 | 0.8 |
| October | 57°F (14°C) | 29°F (-1°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 2.9" | 1.8" | 21.0 | 0.0 |
| November | 43°F (6°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 35°F (1°C) | 4.8" | 14.2" | 22.6 | 0.0 |
| December | 35°F (2°C) | 20°F (-7°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 5.2" | 28.1" | 27.8 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 81°F around July 28, short of 90°F on every date, while 220 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 19°F near December 23.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into May 4, then returns to freezing around September 28, covering 220 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 13, when 56% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is July 25 at 10%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 146 wet dates a year.
The widest day
August 2 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 40°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Meacham.
Where Meacham Stands Nationally
Winters bite deep and often: the normal nightly low dips to freezing or below on around 220 nights a year, placing this among the most frost-prone tenth of ranked stations.
Day-to-night contrast is extreme by national standards — the widest normal daily swing reaches about 40°F, sharper than nine in ten ranked stations see.
Meacham 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: 32.1"
16.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 13.1"
15.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 14.0"
17.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 8.4"
15.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.8"
13.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.7"
9.4 days with precipitation
3.1 days with precipitation
4.0 days with precipitation
6.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.8"
11.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 14.2"
15.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 28.1"
17.6 days with precipitation
Meacham's wet season runs through the cold months
December, January and February carry 35% of the year's precipitation here, while June through August contribute 10%. 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 a 32.4°F seasonal spread.
- Wettest month
- December, 5.2"
- Driest month
- July, 0.6"
- Wettest three months
- December, November, January (39% 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.
How Meacham's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 146 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 37.3" between them, or roughly 0.26 inches on a typical wet day. That sits in the middle band: neither the many-light-days pattern of the Pacific Northwest and the Great Lakes, nor the few-heavy-events pattern of the Gulf and the desert Southwest.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year and say nothing about the heaviest single storm on record.
Winter brings real snow to Meacham
Meacham averages 113.2 inches of snowfall a year, with January the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 46 days that record measurable snow. That is depth accumulating on the ground, which is why it can exceed the annual precipitation figure: precipitation counts the liquid the snow melts down to, and fresh snow is mostly air.
- Annual snowfall: 113.2 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 46 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 30% of the year's precipitation.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. The ten-to-one ratio is a convention, not a measurement: real ratios vary with temperature, so treat the share as an order of magnitude rather than an exact split.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
N/A
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
N/A
50% probability date
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
8,113
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
40
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Humidity & Wind
Monthly averages from hourly observations
| Month | Humidity | Wind (mph) | Clear Sky % | Overcast % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 76% | 1.8 | N/A | N/A |
| February | 74% | 1.7 | N/A | N/A |
| March | 72% | 1.9 | N/A | N/A |
| April | 66% | 2.2 | N/A | N/A |
| May | 66% | 2.0 | N/A | N/A |
| June | 59% | 1.9 | N/A | N/A |
| July | 51% | 1.8 | N/A | N/A |
| August | 55% | 1.7 | N/A | N/A |
| September | 63% | 1.4 | N/A | N/A |
| October | 73% | 1.4 | N/A | N/A |
| November | 78% | 1.7 | N/A | N/A |
| December | 77% | 1.8 | N/A | N/A |
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside OR closest to Meacham 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 (43°F here).
- Cooperstown, NY 43°F · 0.0°F off
- Craig, CO 43°F · 0.0°F off
- Denton, MT 43°F · 0.0°F off
- Elfin Cove, AK 43°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (37.3" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Eskridge, KS 37.3" · 0.0" off
- Memphis, MO 37.3" · 0.0" off
- Hurley, WI 37.4" · 0.0" off
- Chariton, IA 37.3" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Meacham
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Meacham's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 8,113 annual heating degree days against 40 for cooling. Its 32.4°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
A frost-free growing-season length is not available for Meacham. That missing field is kept separate from the observed temperature and precipitation record rather than filled from a regional estimate.
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1. Meacham coldest normal
December
The monthly mean of 28°F (-2°C) sits near freezing, so cold nights and above-freezing afternoons share the same month.
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2. Meacham typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Meacham snow peak
January
Meacham averages 113.2 inches of snow a year, with January the snowiest month on the normals.
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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 Meacham's primary station: MEACHAM (USW00024152). 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 a census-designated place (GEOID 4146800), not an incorporated municipality. Match rule for Meacham: 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 Meacham 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.