Newport, Oregon climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Newport's normal year runs from 39°F December nights to 64°F August afternoons, with 67.3 inches of precipitation and less than an inch of snow (0.1 in) a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 10.3°C, December lows of 4°C, August highs of 18°C, 1,709 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationNewport
- Station IDUSW00024285
- Location44.64°N 124.06°W
- Elevation122 ft (37 m)
- Population10,833
On October 23, the normal high in Newport is 58°F and the normal low 44°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 51%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Newport.
- Jan 50° 39°
- Feb 52° 39°
- Mar 53° 39°
- Apr 54° 41°
- May 58° 46°
- Jun 61° 49°
- Jul 64° 51°
- Aug 64° 52°
- Sep 64° 49°
- Oct 60° 45°
- Nov 54° 42°
- Dec 50° 39°
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 Newport each month?
August is the warmest month, with normal highs of 64°F; December the coldest, with normal lows of 39°F. The most precipitation falls in December (11.63 in), the least in July (0.59 in).
Each month has its own page with the day-by-day normals, the month's records and its recent years:
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 50°F | 39°F | 44.8°F | 10.33 | 20 | <1 | 4 | 9 h 10 min |
| February | 52°F | 39°F | 45.4°F | 8.38 | 17 | <1 | 3 | 10 h 20 min |
| March | 53°F | 39°F | 46.0°F | 6.82 | 21 | <1 | 2 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 54°F | 41°F | 47.7°F | 5.53 | 17 | <1 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| May | 58°F | 46°F | 52.0°F | 2.96 | 13 | <1 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| June | 61°F | 49°F | 55.0°F | 2.16 | 11 | <1 | <1 | 15 h 30 min |
| July | 64°F | 51°F | 57.4°F | 0.59 | 5 | <1 | <1 | 15 h 20 min |
| August | 64°F | 52°F | 58.1°F | 0.74 | 6 | <1 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| September | 64°F | 49°F | 56.3°F | 2.33 | 7 | <1 | <1 | 12 h 40 min |
| October | 60°F | 45°F | 52.3°F | 5.56 | 15 | <1 | <1 | 11 h |
| November | 54°F | 42°F | 47.7°F | 10.24 | 20 | <1 | 1 | 9 h 40 min |
| December | 50°F | 39°F | 44.7°F | 11.63 | 20 | <1 | 3 | 8 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 57°F | 44°F | 50.6°F | 67.27 | 171 | <1 | 13 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10°C | 4°C | 7.1°C | 262 mm |
| February | 11°C | 4°C | 7.4°C | 213 mm |
| March | 12°C | 4°C | 7.8°C | 173 mm |
| April | 12°C | 5°C | 8.7°C | 140 mm |
| May | 15°C | 8°C | 11.1°C | 75 mm |
| June | 16°C | 9°C | 12.8°C | 55 mm |
| July | 18°C | 11°C | 14.1°C | 15 mm |
| August | 18°C | 11°C | 14.5°C | 19 mm |
| September | 18°C | 9°C | 13.5°C | 59 mm |
| October | 15°C | 7°C | 11.3°C | 141 mm |
| November | 12°C | 5°C | 8.7°C | 260 mm |
| December | 10°C | 4°C | 7.1°C | 295 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00024285; 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 Newport?
No month's normal high reaches 65°F in Newport: the warmest is August at 64°F.
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 USW00024285.
When is the last frost in Newport?
In Newport, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 21 in half of years and after April 12 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 27 in half of years and before November 1 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
- March 211 year in 10 after April 12; 9 in 10 after February 11
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 271 year in 10 before November 1; 9 in 10 before December 28
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 252 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 325 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after February 6 in half of springs and before December 22 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Newport in zone 9b across its 2 ZIP code areas (9b in 97365, the largest).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Oregon · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USW00024285; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
What hardiness zone is each Newport ZIP code in?
The USDA's 2023 map gives each ZIP code area one zone. Newport's 2 ZIP code areas are all in zone 9b. Each ZIP's frost dates are in the frost tool.
Source: USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; ZIP areas in the place: Census Bureau 2020 ZCTA-to-place relationship file. A ZIP area counts when at least a tenth of its land (and 0.5 km²) lies in the place.
How hot and how cold does it get in Newport?
In a normal year in Newport, a 90°F day is rare, 13 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 171 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 13a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 171a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1893) is 94°F, on October 2, 1980; the lowest is 6°F, on December 7, 1972.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1968, with 111.03 in; the snowiest season is 1942–43, with 11.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USW00024285; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USW00024285. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Newport?
Over a year 70% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Newport, 3.7 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (77%) and December the cloudiest (57%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 59% | 1.4 |
| February | 63% | 2.2 |
| March | 64% | 3.3 |
| April | 69% | 4.7 |
| May | 71% | 5.6 |
| June | 72% | 6.1 |
| July | 77% | 6.3 |
| August | 75% | 5.3 |
| September | 76% | 4.2 |
| October | 69% | 2.7 |
| November | 61% | 1.6 |
| December | 57% | 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 Newport need?
A normal year in Newport brings 5,238 heating degree days, 3% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 3 cooling degree days, 100% fewer than the median (908). Nine months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 1,089 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 626 | 0 |
| February | 549 | 0 |
| March | 589 | 0 |
| April | 518 | 0 |
| May | 403 | 0 |
| June | 300 | 0 |
| July | 237 | 0 |
| August | 213 | 0 |
| September | 264 | 2 |
| October | 392 | 0 |
| November | 519 | 0 |
| December | 628 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 5,238 | 3 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00024285. 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.
How does Newport's climate compare?
Newport is warmer than 41 of the other 104 places with their own NOAA record in Oregon, and wetter than 81. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 50.6°F is warmer than 43%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Newport is Csb: temperate, 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 Newport 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.
- Toledo, OR3,514 people · 6 mi E
- Depoe Bay, OR1,526 people · 11 mi N
- Siletz, OR1,212 people · 9 mi NE
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
What do Newport's other NOAA stations record?
2 more NOAA stations keep 1991-2020 normals in or near Newport. This page uses Newport; the others differ by site and elevation:
| Station | From this station | Elevation | Year | Jan low | Jul high | Precip. | Snow | Last frost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newport (1 mi SE) USC00356033 | 1 mi S | 8 ft | 51.1°F | 39°F | 64°F | 72.3 | – | February 19 |
| Newport (3 mi N) USC00356035 | 3 mi N | 220 ft | 52.2°F | 42°F | 65°F | – | – | March 12 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for each station. Last frost: the median last spring date of 32°F.
Questions about Newport's climate
What is the coldest month in Newport?
December, with a normal high of 50°F and a normal low of 39°F. The warmest is August (64°F by day, 52°F at night).
Does it snow in Newport?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is 0.1 inch a year.
What is the rainiest month in Newport?
December, with 11.63 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is July with 0.59 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Newport in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Newport in zone 9b across its 2 ZIP code areas (9b in 97365, the largest).
How late can frost come in Newport?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 21; in one year in ten it comes after April 12. Waiting until April 12 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Newport in OctoberThis month day by day, its records and recent years
- Oregon climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Yachats, OR22 miles from this station, 52.3°F a year
- Alsea, OR22 miles from this station, 50.4°F a year
- Otis (2 mi NE), OR28 miles from this station, 51.7°F a year
- Laurel Mountain, OR30 miles from this station, 46.3°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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