Ruch, 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 Ruch's primary NOAA station, RUCH.
The climate verdict for Ruch
Ruch, Oregon has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 54°F. Its climate comfort score of 64/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 49% of station-mapped location scores.
- 54°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 64/100
- comfort score, above 49% of station-mapped location scores
- 27.4"
- annual precipitation
- 162 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Ruch: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00357391 · Ruch, OR 54°F mean · 27.4" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-MID · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 54°F
- RANK-MID #3,979
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Burnsville Ag
- PRCP-MID 27.4"
- SWING-MID 33°F
- COMF-MID 64/100
- LOAD-HEAT 4,510 HDD
- STN-1 USC00357391
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Burnsville Ag, NC ( -0.1 °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.
- Hot Tehachapi, CA 55°F
- Ruch (this station) 54°F
- Cold Dunsmuir Trtmt…, CA 54°F
- Near Burnsville Ag, NC 54°F
- Near Cuyamaca, CA 54°F
Climate Living Index · Ruch
Ruch: 53/100 · grade D
Ruch publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Ruch, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 64/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 27.4 in · 7.6 from 35 in | 73/100 · B |
| Annual temperature balance | 54.2°F · 13.3° from 67.5°F | 57/100 · C |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 153 calendar days | 44/100 · D |
| Frost-free season | 162 days/year | 35/100 · F |
Ruch · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Ruch is a temperate Köppen climate: Csa
Coldest-month mean 39.3°F and warmest-month mean 72.0°F place this station in temperate, dry-summer, hot summer climates (Csa). Class Csa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: temperate, specifically temperate, dry-summer, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Csa
- Group
- Temperate
- Warmest month
- 72.0°F
- Coldest month
- 39.3°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 Ruch sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Ruch's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 58th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- 37th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 87%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Ruch is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Ruch compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Ruch's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
64 49th percentile score exceeds 49% 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
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 50°F (10°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 40°F (5°C) | 4.4" | 20.1 | 0.0 |
| February | 55°F (13°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 3.0" | 18.4 | 0.0 |
| March | 60°F (16°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 3.0" | 14.9 | 0.0 |
| April | 65°F (19°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 2.1" | 7.1 | 0.1 |
| May | 75°F (24°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 1.4" | 1.6 | 2.8 |
| June | 82°F (28°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 0.7" | 0.1 | 7.6 |
| July | 92°F (33°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 0.5" | 0.0 | 21.5 |
| August | 91°F (33°C) | 51°F (10°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 0.4" | 0.0 | 20.6 |
| September | 85°F (29°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 0.6" | 0.6 | 11.5 |
| October | 72°F (22°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 2.3" | 6.8 | 1.3 |
| November | 56°F (13°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 3.9" | 13.6 | 0.0 |
| December | 49°F (9°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 5.1" | 20.1 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Ruch works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 94°F by July 24 and hold at or above 90°F on 49 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 104 dates, bottoming at 30°F around December 23.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from July 7 through August 24, covering 49 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs April 30 to October 20.
This counts calendar dates whose 1991–2020 normal high reaches 90°F. It is a smaller number than the 90°F+ day counts in the monthly table above, which measure how often the threshold was actually crossed in a typical year. A date can average 88°F and still exceed 90°F in half of all years.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 7, then returns to freezing around November 25, covering 104 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.
The widest day
August 1 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 41°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Ruch.
Where Ruch Stands Nationally
Day-to-night contrast is extreme by national standards — the widest normal daily swing reaches about 41°F, sharper than nine in ten ranked stations see.
Ruch earns one nationally notable standing (outer quintile) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations, middle-of-the-pack metrics stay silent here.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
Ruch's wet season runs through the cold months
December, January and February carry 45% of the year's precipitation here, while June through August contribute 6%. 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 32.7°F seasonal spread.
- Wettest month
- December, 5.1"
- Driest month
- August, 0.4"
- Wettest three months
- December, January, November (49% 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.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 13
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 4
50% probability date
Growing Season
162 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
4,510
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
611
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside OR closest to Ruch 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 (54°F here).
- Atchison, KS 54°F · 0.0°F off
- Boston, VA 54°F · 0.0°F off
- Glennville, CA 54°F · 0.0°F off
- Kim, CO 54°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (27.4" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Wayne, NE 27.5" · 0.0" off
- Burr Oak, KS 27.5" · 0.0" off
- Newport, WA 27.5" · 0.0" off
- Mathis, TX 27.5" · 0.1" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Ruch's climate pattern fits together
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Ruch's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 4,510 annual heating degree days against 611 for cooling. Its 32.7°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Ruch's frost-free season lasts about 162 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
July and December mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Ruch's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 32.7°F. The annual average is 54°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Ruch's 27.4 inches of annual precipitation falls in PlainClimate's middle band, so “wet” or “dry” is not the leading description. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. Temperature balance and the calendar distribution carry more information than the annual moisture label alone.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Ruch'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 Ruch, 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 Ruch's primary station: RUCH (USC00357391). 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 4164150), not an incorporated municipality. Match rule for Ruch: 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 Ruch 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.