Stayton, Oregon climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Stayton's normal year runs from 34°F December nights to 81°F July afternoons, with 52.7 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 11.6°C, December lows of 1°C, July highs of 27°C, 1,338 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationStayton
- Station IDUSC00358095
- Location44.79°N 122.81°W
- Elevation425 ft (130 m)
- Population8,521
On October 23, the normal high in Stayton is 60°F and the normal low 42°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 49%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Stayton.
- Jan 47° 34°
- Feb 51° 35°
- Mar 55° 37°
- Apr 60° 41°
- May 67° 46°
- Jun 73° 50°
- Jul 81° 54°
- Aug 81° 53°
- Sep 75° 49°
- Oct 63° 43°
- Nov 52° 38°
- Dec 46° 34°
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 Stayton each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 81°F; December the coldest, with normal lows of 34°F. The most precipitation falls in December (8.50 in), the least in July (0.47 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47°F | 34°F | 40.6°F | 7.24 | 20 | <1 | 12 | 9 h 10 min |
| February | 51°F | 35°F | 42.7°F | 5.48 | 17 | <1 | 11 | 10 h 20 min |
| March | 55°F | 37°F | 46.2°F | 6.15 | 19 | <1 | 6 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 60°F | 41°F | 50.5°F | 4.84 | 18 | <1 | 1 | 13 h 30 min |
| May | 67°F | 46°F | 56.4°F | 3.29 | 13 | <1 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| June | 73°F | 50°F | 61.5°F | 2.07 | 10 | 1 | <1 | 15 h 30 min |
| July | 81°F | 54°F | 67.2°F | 0.47 | 3 | 5 | <1 | 15 h 20 min |
| August | 81°F | 53°F | 67.1°F | 0.70 | 4 | 5 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| September | 75°F | 49°F | 62.4°F | 2.02 | 8 | 1 | <1 | 12 h 40 min |
| October | 63°F | 43°F | 53.3°F | 4.66 | 14 | <1 | 1 | 11 h |
| November | 52°F | 38°F | 45.2°F | 7.24 | 19 | <1 | 8 | 9 h 40 min |
| December | 46°F | 34°F | 40.1°F | 8.50 | 21 | <1 | 12 | 8 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 63°F | 43°F | 52.8°F | 52.66 | 165 | 12 | 51 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8°C | 1°C | 4.8°C | 184 mm |
| February | 10°C | 2°C | 5.9°C | 139 mm |
| March | 13°C | 3°C | 7.9°C | 156 mm |
| April | 16°C | 5°C | 10.3°C | 123 mm |
| May | 19°C | 8°C | 13.6°C | 84 mm |
| June | 23°C | 10°C | 16.4°C | 53 mm |
| July | 27°C | 12°C | 19.6°C | 12 mm |
| August | 27°C | 12°C | 19.5°C | 18 mm |
| September | 24°C | 10°C | 16.9°C | 51 mm |
| October | 17°C | 6°C | 11.8°C | 118 mm |
| November | 11°C | 3°C | 7.3°C | 184 mm |
| December | 8°C | 1°C | 4.5°C | 216 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. The nearest record that keeps one, Lacomb (12 miles away), gets 2 inches of snow in a normal year; elevation and distance can change that.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00358095; 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 Stayton?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, July, August and September. Of those, July has the fewest days with rain (3).
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 USC00358095.
When is the last frost in Stayton?
In Stayton, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 29 in half of years and after April 18 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 6 in half of years and before October 20 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
- March 291 year in 10 after April 18; 9 in 10 after March 5
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 61 year in 10 before October 20; 9 in 10 before November 26
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 222 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 267 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 1 in half of springs and before November 22 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Stayton in zone 8b in ZIP code 97325, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Stayton's NOAA station is in zone 8b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 19°F (26 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 USC00358095; 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 Stayton?
In a normal year in Stayton, 12 days a year reach 90°F (1 of them 100°F or more), 51 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 165 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 12a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 51a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 2high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 165a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1951) is 113°F, on June 29, 2021; the lowest is −7°F, on December 8, 1972.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2012, with 66.52 in; the snowiest season is 1953–54, with 14.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00358095; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00358095. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Stayton?
Over a year 73% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Stayton, 3.9 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (89%) and December the cloudiest (53%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 56% | 1.3 |
| February | 61% | 2.2 |
| March | 59% | 3.1 |
| April | 64% | 4.5 |
| May | 70% | 5.7 |
| June | 74% | 6.4 |
| July | 89% | 7.4 |
| August | 88% | 6.3 |
| September | 81% | 4.6 |
| October | 70% | 2.8 |
| November | 58% | 1.5 |
| December | 53% | 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 Stayton need?
A normal year in Stayton brings 4,708 heating degree days, 12% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 269 cooling degree days, 70% fewer than the median (908). Seven months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 2,257 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 755 | 0 |
| February | 623 | 0 |
| March | 583 | 0 |
| April | 435 | 0 |
| May | 276 | 7 |
| June | 134 | 29 |
| July | 33 | 101 |
| August | 32 | 97 |
| September | 111 | 33 |
| October | 363 | 2 |
| November | 594 | 0 |
| December | 770 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 4,708 | 269 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00358095. 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.
Has Stayton been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 53.8°F, 1.0°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 52.8°F. 3 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 53.5°F | +0.7°F | 50.95 |
| 2022 | 52.3°F | −0.5°F | 48.25 |
| 2023 | 52.8°F | at normal | 45.32 |
| 2024 | 53.1°F | +0.3°F | 54.82 |
| 2025 | 53.8°F | +1.0°F | 43.51 |
Over 58 complete years from 1953 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 3.9°F per century (+0.21°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00358095; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Stayton's climate compare?
Stayton is warmer than 64 of the other 104 places with their own NOAA record in Oregon, and wetter than 70. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 52.8°F is warmer than 53%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Stayton 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 Stayton share this climate record?
6 places have no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of their 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.
- Aumsville, OR4,216 people · 5 mi NW
- Jefferson, OR3,296 people · 11 mi SW
- Sublimity, OR2,879 people · 3 mi N
- Scio, OR965 people · 6 mi S
- Marion, OR167 people · 6 mi SW
- West Scio, OR51 people · 6 mi SW
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 Stayton's climate
What is the coldest month in Stayton?
December, with a normal high of 46°F and a normal low of 34°F. The warmest is July (81°F by day, 54°F at night).
Does it snow in Stayton?
Yes. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Stayton's NOAA station; the nearest record that keeps one, Lacomb (12 miles away), records 2 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Stayton?
December, with 8.50 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is July with 0.47 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Stayton in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Stayton in zone 8b in ZIP code 97325, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Stayton's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 19°F (26 years, 1991-2020): zone 8b.
How late can frost come in Stayton?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 29; in one year in ten it comes after April 18. Waiting until April 18 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Oregon climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Silver Creek Falls, OR10 miles from this station, 48.8°F a year
- Salem, OR12 miles from this station, 54.1°F a year
- Lacomb, OR12 miles from this station, 51.4°F a year
- Silverton, OR15 miles from this station, 53.0°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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