Oakridge Fish Hatchery, OR Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Pulled from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →: climate measurements used in PlainClimate's documented score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Oakridge Fish Hatchery's primary NOAA station, OAKRIDGE FISH HATCHERY.
The climate verdict for Oakridge Fish Hatchery
Water is the standout signal in Oakridge Fish Hatchery, Oregon: 45.8 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 51°F. Its climate comfort score of 68/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 56% of station-mapped location scores.
- 51°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 68/100
- comfort score, above 56% of station-mapped location scores
- 45.8"
- annual precipitation · 5" snow
- 183 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Oakridge Fish Hatchery: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00356213 · Oakridge Fish Hatchery, OR 51°F mean · 45.8" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-NARROW · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 51°F
- RANK-MID #2,882
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Packwood
- PRCP-MID 45.8"
- SWING-NARROW 29°F
- COMF-MID 68/100
- LOAD-HEAT 5,443 HDD
- STN-1 USC00356213
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Packwood, WA (+ 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.
- Oakridge Fish H… (this station) 51°F
- Hot Mcmillin Rsvr, WA 51°F
- Near Packwood, WA 51°F
- Near Landsburg, WA 51°F
- Cold Palmer, WA 50°F
Climate Living Index · Oakridge Fish Hatchery
Oakridge Fish Hatchery: 64/100 · grade C
Oakridge Fish Hatchery publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Oakridge Fish Hatchery, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 68/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 63 calendar days | 88/100 · A |
| Snowfall burden | 5.2 inches/year | 70/100 · B |
| Precipitation balance | 45.8 in · 10.8 from 35 in | 62/100 · C |
| Frost-free season | 183 days/year | 52/100 · D |
| Annual temperature balance | 50.5°F · 17.0° from 67.5°F | 43/100 · D |
Oakridge Fish Hatchery · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Oakridge Fish Hatchery is a temperate Köppen climate: Csb
Coldest-month mean 37.0°F and warmest-month mean 65.5°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
- 65.5°F
- Coldest month
- 37.0°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 Oakridge Fish Hatchery sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Oakridge Fish Hatchery's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 42nd percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 30% wettest
- Oakridge Fish Hatchery's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 92%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Oakridge Fish Hatchery is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Oakridge Fish Hatchery compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Oakridge Fish Hatchery's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
68 Top 44% score exceeds 56% 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%). Below this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). This entry sits in this band.
- 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
Oakridge Fish Hatchery's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 64 complete annual observations from 1932 to 2025, OAKRIDGE FISH HATCHERY warmed at a fitted rate of 0.11°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Oakridge Fish Hatchery primary station fitted change +0.11 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44°F (7°C) | 31°F (0°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 6.2" | 1.3" | 17.8 | 0.0 |
| February | 49°F (10°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 4.6" | 1.3" | 14.8 | 0.0 |
| March | 55°F (13°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 5.0" | 0.6" | 11.6 | 0.0 |
| April | 59°F (15°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 4.3" | 0.1" | 3.9 | 0.0 |
| May | 66°F (19°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 3.2" | 0.0" | 0.8 | 0.5 |
| June | 71°F (22°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 1.9" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| July | 80°F (27°C) | 51°F (10°C) | 65°F (19°C) | 0.5" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 3.7 |
| August | 81°F (27°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 0.6" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 4.2 |
| September | 76°F (24°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 1.6" | 0.0" | 0.3 | 2.4 |
| October | 63°F (17°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 3.6" | 0.0" | 2.7 | 0.1 |
| November | 49°F (9°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 6.7" | 0.3" | 9.8 | 0.0 |
| December | 42°F (6°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 7.5" | 1.6" | 17.6 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 82°F around July 28, short of 90°F on every date, while 63 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 31°F near January 1.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into February 10, then returns to freezing around December 10, covering 63 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 November 30, when 55% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is July 27 at 6%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 131 wet dates a year.
The widest day
September 1 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 31°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Oakridge Fish Hatchery.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 1.3"
15.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.3"
14.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.6"
15.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
15.8 days with precipitation
11.3 days with precipitation
6.7 days with precipitation
2.0 days with precipitation
2.1 days with precipitation
4.4 days with precipitation
10.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.3"
15.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.6"
16.8 days with precipitation
Oakridge Fish Hatchery's wet season runs through the cold months
December, January and February carry 40% of the year's precipitation here, while June through August contribute 7%. 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 28.5°F seasonal spread.
- Wettest month
- December, 7.5"
- Driest month
- July, 0.5"
- Wettest three months
- December, November, January (45% 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 Oakridge Fish Hatchery, it arrives in quantity
45.8" of precipitation falls across only about 130 wet days here, averaging 0.35 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 130 a year, 36% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.35 inches
- Most wet days
- December, about 17
- Fewest wet days
- July, about 2
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.
Snow reaches Oakridge Fish Hatchery, but rarely amounts to much
The normals record 5.2 inches of snow a year here, most likely in December. That is a real but marginal amount: enough that snow is part of the local record, not enough to define the winter.
A figure in this range usually reflects a handful of events that melt quickly rather than a season of accumulation; about 4 days a year record any measurable snow at all.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. An average across thirty years can smooth away a single heavy winter, so a small annual figure does not mean a significant snowfall is impossible.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 24
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 24
50% probability date
Growing Season
183 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
5,443
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
178
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
August
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside OR closest to Oakridge Fish Hatchery 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 (51°F here).
- Chenoa, IL 51°F · 0.0°F off
- Columbus, NE 51°F · 0.0°F off
- Crook, CO 51°F · 0.0°F off
- Fremont, NE 51°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (45.8" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Millbrook, NY 45.8" · 0.0" off
- Billings, MO 45.8" · 0.0" off
- Joplin, MO 45.8" · 0.0" off
- Roanoke, VA 45.7" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Oakridge Fish Hatchery's climate pattern fits together
heating led · wet · low swing
Heating is the larger measured load in Oakridge Fish Hatchery, at 5,443 degree days versus 178 for cooling. Unlike a strongly continental record, however, its 28.5°F month-to-month range is compact; persistent cool-season demand matters more than a dramatic summer-to-winter reversal.
Oakridge Fish Hatchery's frost-free season lasts about 183 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
Oakridge Fish Hatchery's 28.5°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 51°F. Temperature is relatively steady; the monthly rows show how rain and snow observations vary across the calendar.
Alongside its heating load, Oakridge Fish Hatchery carries 45.8 inches of precipitation in a normal year, inside PlainClimate's wet range. Annual snowfall totals 5.2 inches. 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 Oakridge Fish Hatchery'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 Oakridge Fish Hatchery, 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 Oakridge Fish Hatchery's primary station: OAKRIDGE FISH HATCHERY (USC00356213). 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 Oakridge Fish Hatchery; 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 Oakridge Fish Hatchery 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.