Port Orford, OR Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Annual temperature and rainfall from NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 normals →; comfort score computed by PlainClimate
- Warmer than median · Avg annual temp
- 53°F
- Lower score band · Comfort score
- 49/100
- Wetter national band · Annual precip
- 71.6"
- Long-season national band · Growing season
- 289d
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Port Orford's primary NOAA station, PORT ORFORD #2.
The climate verdict for Port Orford
Water is the standout signal in Port Orford, Oregon: 71.6 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 53°F. At 49/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 18% of scores.
- 53°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 49/100
- comfort score, above 18% of station-mapped location scores
- 71.6"
- precipitation, annual total
- 289 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Port Orford: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Avg Temperature
53°F (12°C)
Warmer than median
Avg High
60°F
Cooler than median
Avg Low
47°F
Warmer than median
Annual Precip
71.6"
Wetter national band
Comfort Score
49/100
Lower score band · Moderate
Climate Living Index · Port Orford
Port Orford: 65/100 · grade C
Port Orford publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Port Orford, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 49/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 0 calendar days | 100/100 · A |
| Frost-free season | 289 days/year | 99/100 · A |
| Annual temperature balance | 53.4°F · 14.1° from 67.5°F | 54/100 · D |
| Precipitation balance | 71.6 in · 36.6 from 35 in | 0/100 · F |
Port Orford · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
National standing · heating-led station
Where Port Orford sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Port Orford's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 55th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 2% wettest
- Port Orford's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 99%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Port Orford is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Port Orford compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Port Orford's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
49 18th percentile score exceeds 18% 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
Port Orford's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 41 complete annual observations from 1965 to 2025, PORT ORFORD #2 warmed at a fitted rate of 0.20°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Port Orford primary station fitted change +0.20 °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 | 54°F (12°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 11.6" | 3.3 | 0.0 |
| February | 55°F (13°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 8.5" | 2.1 | 0.0 |
| March | 55°F (13°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 9.3" | 0.9 | 0.0 |
| April | 57°F (14°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 51°F (10°C) | 6.8" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| May | 61°F (16°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 3.4" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| June | 64°F (18°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 1.9" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| July | 68°F (20°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 0.4" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| August | 68°F (20°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 0.6" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| September | 67°F (20°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 1.5" | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| October | 63°F (17°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 4.8" | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| November | 57°F (14°C) | 44°F (6°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 10.2" | 1.2 | 0.0 |
| December | 55°F (13°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 12.6" | 3.8 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The calendar barely moves in Port Orford: no date carries a normal high of 90°F or a normal low at freezing. The year runs between 40°F near December 13 and 69°F near July 30.
No freezing date
Not one calendar date in the 1991–2020 record carries a normal low at or below 32°F. The coldest normal low of the year is 40°F around December 13.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is November 29, when 67% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is July 27 at 7%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 158 wet dates a year.
The widest day
October 1 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 17°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Port Orford.
Where Port Orford Stands Nationally
This is one of the wettest normals climates ranked: about 72 inches of precipitation in a normal year, a total fewer than one station in ten surpasses.
Among the steadiest day-night climates ranked: even the widest normal daily swing holds to roughly 17°F.
Port Orford earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
20.4 days with precipitation
17.3 days with precipitation
20.2 days with precipitation
18.3 days with precipitation
11.2 days with precipitation
7.6 days with precipitation
2.3 days with precipitation
2.8 days with precipitation
5.7 days with precipitation
11.6 days with precipitation
20.0 days with precipitation
20.3 days with precipitation
Port Orford's wet season runs through the cold months
December, January and February carry 46% of the year's precipitation here, while June through August contribute 4%. 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 13.3°F seasonal spread.
- Wettest month
- December, 12.6"
- Driest month
- July, 0.4"
- Wettest three months
- December, January, November (48% 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 Port Orford, it arrives in quantity
71.6" of precipitation falls across only about 158 wet days here, averaging 0.45 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 158 a year, 43% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.45 inches
- Most wet days
- January, about 20
- 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.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
December 3
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
February 17
50% probability date
Growing Season
289 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
4,218
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
11
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
August
Coldest Month
December
Data-derived climate profile
How Port Orford's climate pattern fits together
heating led · wet · low swing
Heating is the larger measured load in Port Orford, at 4,218 degree days versus 11 for cooling. Unlike a strongly continental record, however, its 13.3°F month-to-month range is compact; persistent cool-season demand matters more than a dramatic summer-to-winter reversal.
The frost-free window extends for about 289 days. That is a long calendar measure, but it is not a forecast and does not combine heat, rainfall, soil, or local elevation into a planting recommendation.
Port Orford's 13.3°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 53°F. Temperature is relatively steady; the monthly rows show how rain and snow observations vary across the calendar.
Alongside its heating load, Port Orford carries 71.6 inches of precipitation in a normal year, inside PlainClimate's wet range. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. 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 Port Orford'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 Port Orford, 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 Port Orford's primary station: PORT ORFORD #2 (USC00356784). 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 an incorporated place (GEOID 4159250). Match rule for Port Orford: 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 Port Orford 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.