Parkdale, Oregon climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Parkdale's normal year runs from 27°F December nights to 80°F July afternoons, with 36.0 inches of precipitation and 54 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 8.8°C, December lows of −3°C, July highs of 26°C, 914 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationParkdale (1 mi NNE)
- Station IDUSC00356466
- Location45.53°N 121.59°W
- Elevation1,520 ft (463 m)
- Population (census place)275
On October 23, the normal high in Parkdale is 56°F and the normal low 35°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 40%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Parkdale.
- Jan 40° 27°
- Feb 44° 28°
- Mar 51° 32°
- Apr 57° 35°
- May 65° 41°
- Jun 71° 45°
- Jul 80° 49°
- Aug 79° 49°
- Sep 73° 43°
- Oct 60° 36°
- Nov 46° 31°
- Dec 38° 27°
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 Parkdale each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 80°F; December the coldest, with normal lows of 27°F. The most precipitation falls in December (6.86 in), the least in July (0.31 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40°F | 27°F | 33.5°F | 5.63 | 16.6 | 16 | <1 | 24 | 9 h |
| February | 44°F | 28°F | 36.2°F | 3.97 | 8.8 | 12 | <1 | 21 | 10 h 20 min |
| March | 51°F | 32°F | 41.2°F | 3.60 | 4.1 | 14 | <1 | 19 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 57°F | 35°F | 46.0°F | 2.28 | 1.0 | 13 | <1 | 12 | 13 h 30 min |
| May | 65°F | 41°F | 52.9°F | 1.66 | 0.0 | 10 | <1 | 4 | 14 h 50 min |
| June | 71°F | 45°F | 58.0°F | 1.07 | 0.0 | 7 | 1 | <1 | 15 h 40 min |
| July | 80°F | 49°F | 64.3°F | 0.31 | 0.0 | 2 | 6 | <1 | 15 h 20 min |
| August | 79°F | 49°F | 63.7°F | 0.39 | 0.0 | 3 | 5 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| September | 73°F | 43°F | 58.2°F | 1.06 | 0.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 h 40 min |
| October | 60°F | 36°F | 48.2°F | 3.17 | 0.2 | 11 | <1 | 10 | 11 h |
| November | 46°F | 31°F | 38.7°F | 6.00 | 5.0 | 18 | <1 | 18 | 9 h 30 min |
| December | 38°F | 27°F | 32.8°F | 6.86 | 18.2 | 17 | <1 | 26 | 8 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 59°F | 37°F | 47.8°F | 36.00 | 53.9 | 126 | 13 | 134 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4°C | −3°C | 0.8°C | 143 mm | 42 cm |
| February | 7°C | −2°C | 2.3°C | 101 mm | 22 cm |
| March | 11°C | 0°C | 5.1°C | 91 mm | 10 cm |
| April | 14°C | 2°C | 7.8°C | 58 mm | 3 cm |
| May | 18°C | 5°C | 11.6°C | 42 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 22°C | 7°C | 14.4°C | 27 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 26°C | 9°C | 17.9°C | 8 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 26°C | 9°C | 17.6°C | 10 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 23°C | 6°C | 14.6°C | 27 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 16°C | 2°C | 9.0°C | 81 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 8°C | 0°C | 3.7°C | 152 mm | 13 cm |
| December | 3°C | −3°C | 0.4°C | 174 mm | 46 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00356466; 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 Parkdale?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in June, July, August and September. Of those, July has the fewest days with rain (2).
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 USC00356466.
When is the last frost in Parkdale?
In Parkdale, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 13 in half of years and after June 3 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 3 in half of years and before September 15 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
- May 131 year in 10 after June 3; 9 in 10 after April 26
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 31 year in 10 before September 15; 9 in 10 before October 19
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 142 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 184 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 21 in half of springs and before October 20 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Parkdale in zone 7b in ZIP code 97041, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Parkdale's NOAA station is in zone 7b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 6°F (22 complete years).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Oregon · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00356466; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; the station zone: ACIS daily lows, 1991-2020. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
How hot and how cold does it get in Parkdale?
In a normal year in Parkdale, 13 days a year reach 90°F, 134 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 126 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 13a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 134a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 10high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 126a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 16a normal year
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00356466.
How sunny is Parkdale?
Over a year 79% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Parkdale, 4.2 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (93%) and December the cloudiest (56%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 57% | 1.3 |
| February | 66% | 2.3 |
| March | 68% | 3.5 |
| April | 75% | 5.1 |
| May | 78% | 6.3 |
| June | 83% | 7.1 |
| July | 93% | 7.7 |
| August | 91% | 6.5 |
| September | 86% | 4.8 |
| October | 76% | 3.0 |
| November | 64% | 1.6 |
| December | 56% | 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 Parkdale need?
A normal year in Parkdale brings 6,378 heating degree days, 19% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 132 cooling degree days, 86% fewer than the median (908). Eight months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 1,579 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 977 | 0 |
| February | 805 | 0 |
| March | 738 | 0 |
| April | 570 | 0 |
| May | 377 | 2 |
| June | 221 | 11 |
| July | 82 | 60 |
| August | 89 | 50 |
| September | 213 | 9 |
| October | 521 | 0 |
| November | 789 | 0 |
| December | 998 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 6,378 | 132 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00356466. 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 Parkdale's climate compare?
Parkdale is warmer than 18 of the other 104 places with their own NOAA record in Oregon, and wetter than 49. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 47.8°F is warmer than 31%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Parkdale 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 Parkdale share this climate record?
Mount Hood has no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of its 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.
- Mount Hood, OR168 people · 1 mi E
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
Questions about Parkdale's climate
What is the coldest month in Parkdale?
December, with a normal high of 38°F and a normal low of 27°F. The warmest is July (80°F by day, 49°F at night).
Does it snow in Parkdale?
Yes: 54 inches in a normal year, falling on 23 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in December (18.2 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Parkdale?
December, with 6.86 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is July with 0.31 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Parkdale in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Parkdale in zone 7b in ZIP code 97041, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Parkdale's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 6°F (22 years, 1991-2020): zone 7b.
How late can frost come in Parkdale?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 13; in one year in ten it comes after June 3. Waiting until June 3 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Oregon climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Hood River Experiment Station, OR11 miles from this station, 51.1°F a year
- Cascade Locks, OR17 miles from this station, 52.6°F a year
- Government Camp, OR18 miles from this station, 42.9°F a year
- Bonneville Dam, OR19 miles from this station, 52.8°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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