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Silverton, OR Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month

Explore NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 climate normals → and a clearly labeled PlainClimate comfort calculation

30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Silverton's primary NOAA station, SILVERTON.

The climate verdict for Silverton

Water is the standout signal in Silverton, Oregon: 47.2 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 53°F. Its climate comfort score of 73/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 66% of station-mapped location scores.

53°F
average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
73/100
comfort score, above 66% of station-mapped location scores
47.2"
annual precipitation · 1" snow
227 days
frost-free days per growing season

Silverton: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.

Normals record plate

Sheet USC00357823 · Silverton, OR 53°F mean · 47.2" precip

TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-NARROW · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL

Nearest mean-temperature peer: Scappoose Ind, OR (+ 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.

Climate Living Index · Silverton

Silverton: 74/100 · grade B

Silverton publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.

B
74/100Climate Living Index

PlainClimate-derived for Silverton, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 73/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.

Silverton Living Index dimension scores
DimensionStation valueScore
Normal heat + freeze calendar 0 calendar days 100/100 · A
Snowfall burden 1.1 inches/year 82/100 · B
Frost-free season 227 days/year 80/100 · B
Precipitation balance 47.2 in · 12.2 from 35 in 57/100 · C
Annual temperature balance 53.0°F · 14.5° from 67.5°F 53/100 · D

Silverton · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.

Silverton is a temperate Köppen climate: Csb

Coldest-month mean 40.1°F and warmest-month mean 67.8°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
67.8°F
Coldest month
40.1°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 Silverton sits across the climate record

Three NOAA fields for Silverton's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.

Annual temperature
53rd percentile warmth
Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
Annual precipitation
Top 26% wettest
Silverton's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
Seasonal temperature swing
Narrower than 93%
Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Silverton is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.

How Silverton compares across U.S. station-mapped locations

Silverton's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations

PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals

73 Top 34% score exceeds 66% 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%). Below this entry. 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). This entry sits in this band. 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry. 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry. This location 0 100 every station-mapped location, bucketed by value
  1. 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
  2. 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
  3. 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
  4. 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
  5. 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Below this entry.
  6. 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Below this entry.
  7. 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Below this entry.
  8. 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). This entry sits in this band.
  9. 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry.
  10. 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.

Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more station-mapped locations. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Silverton's measured station temperature trend

Methodology

Across 51 complete annual observations from 1963 to 2024, SILVERTON warmed at a fitted rate of 0.17°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.

Silverton fitted annual mean temperature change, 1963-2024 Fitted station-temperature change from 1963 to 2024, relative to the fitted first year. The linear trend warmed at 0.17 °C per decade. -0.2°C +0.3°C +0.8°C 198020002020
  • Silverton primary station fitted change +0.17 °C/decade
Source: NOAA GHCN-M v4, quality-controlled monthly mean temperature. PlainClimate fits ordinary least squares over complete calendar years; minimum 30 years, record must reach 2015 or later.

Monthly Temperatures

Average daily high and low temperatures by month

Month Avg High Avg Low Mean
January 47°F (8°C) 35°F (2°C) 41°F (5°C)
February 50°F (10°C) 36°F (2°C) 43°F (6°C)
March 55°F (13°C) 38°F (3°C) 47°F (8°C)
April 60°F (15°C) 42°F (5°C) 51°F (10°C)
May 67°F (19°C) 47°F (8°C) 57°F (14°C)
June 72°F (22°C) 51°F (11°C) 62°F (16°C)
July 80°F (27°C) 56°F (13°C) 68°F (20°C)
August 80°F (27°C) 56°F (13°C) 68°F (20°C)
September 74°F (24°C) 52°F (11°C) 63°F (17°C)
October 63°F (17°C) 45°F (7°C) 54°F (12°C)
November 52°F (11°C) 39°F (4°C) 45°F (7°C)
December 46°F (8°C) 35°F (2°C) 40°F (5°C)

The year, day by day

The calendar barely moves in Silverton: no date carries a normal high of 90°F or a normal low at freezing. The year runs between 34°F near December 19 and 82°F near July 27.

Normal daily high and low temperature for Silverton, January through December Peaks 82°F around July 27. Bottoms 34°F around December 19. 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 freezing JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Normal daily high and low across the calendar year. NOAA 1991–2020 daily normals, SILVERTON.

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 34°F around December 19.

Where the wet dates fall

The likeliest wet date is November 25, when 75% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is July 31 at 9%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 180 wet dates a year.

The widest day

July 27 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 25°F between the normal high and the normal low.

Look up any date

Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Silverton.

Monthly Precipitation

Average monthly rainfall and snowfall

January 6.7"

Snow: 0.1"

22.4 days with precipitation

February 4.9"

Snow: 0.8"

18.9 days with precipitation

March 5.5"

20.9 days with precipitation

April 4.2"

18.6 days with precipitation

May 2.9"

14.0 days with precipitation

June 1.8"

9.5 days with precipitation

July 0.4"

3.2 days with precipitation

August 0.5"

3.5 days with precipitation

September 1.7"

7.2 days with precipitation

October 4.2"

15.4 days with precipitation

November 7.0"

22.7 days with precipitation

December 7.5"

Snow: 0.2"

22.9 days with precipitation

Silverton'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 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 an unusually narrow 27.7°F seasonal spread.

Wettest month
December, 7.5"
Driest month
July, 0.4"
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.

How Silverton's precipitation splits across the calendar

About 179 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 47.2" between them, or roughly 0.26 inches on a typical wet day. That sits in the middle band: neither the many-light-days pattern of the Pacific Northwest and the Great Lakes, nor the few-heavy-events pattern of the Gulf and the desert Southwest.

Wet days a year
179
Wettest month by days
December
Driest month by days
July

A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year and say nothing about the heaviest single storm on record.

Snow reaches Silverton, but rarely amounts to much

The normals record 1.1 inches of snow a year here, most likely in February. 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 1 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

November 10

50% probability date

Last Spring Freeze

March 28

50% probability date

Growing Season

227 days

Heating & Cooling Degree Days

Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling

Heating Degree Days

4,658

Higher = more heating needed

Cooling Degree Days

319

Higher = more cooling needed

Warmest Month

August

Coldest Month

December

Nationwide similar cities

Other rankable U.S. places outside OR closest to Silverton 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 (53°F here).

Closest by annual precipitation

Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (47.2" here), excluding temperature-peer places.

Oregon climate overview →

Data-derived climate profile

How Silverton's climate pattern fits together

heating led · wet · low swing

Heating is the larger measured load in Silverton, at 4,658 degree days versus 319 for cooling. Unlike a strongly continental record, however, its 27.7°F month-to-month range is compact; persistent cool-season demand matters more than a dramatic summer-to-winter reversal.

Silverton's frost-free season lasts about 227 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.

Silverton's 27.7°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, Silverton carries 47.2 inches of precipitation in a normal year, inside PlainClimate's wet range. Annual snowfall totals 1.1 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 Silverton'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 Silverton, not an official NOAA class or a year-ahead forecast.

Questions about Silverton's climate

How much rain does Silverton get?
Silverton receives 47.2 inches of precipitation, including 1.1 inches of snow. Based on NOAA 30-year climate normals (1991-2020).
How much energy does heating and cooling require in Silverton?
Silverton has 4,658 heating degree days and 319 cooling degree days annually, a heating-dominated climate. Degree-day definitions: reading weather data.

Data Sources

Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Silverton's primary station: SILVERTON (USC00357823). 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 4167650). Match rule for Silverton: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainClimate

On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Silverton 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.