Stayton, OR Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Annual temperature and rainfall from NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 normals →; comfort score computed by PlainClimate
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Stayton's primary NOAA station, STAYTON.
The climate verdict for Stayton
Water is the standout signal in Stayton, Oregon: 52.7 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 53°F. Its climate comfort score of 56/100 (moderate) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 36% of station-mapped location scores.
- 53°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 56/100
- comfort score, above 36% of station-mapped location scores
- 52.7"
- yearly precipitation total
- 222 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Stayton: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00358095 · Stayton, OR 53°F mean · 52.7" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-NARROW · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 53°F
- RANK-MID #3,568
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Mcminnville
- PRCP-WET 52.7"
- SWING-NARROW 27°F
- COMF-MID 56/100
- LOAD-HEAT 4,708 HDD
- STN-1 USC00358095
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Mcminnville Muni, OR (+ 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.
- Stayton (this station) 53°F
- Hot Silverton, OR 53°F
- Near Mcminnville, OR 53°F
- Near Corvallis State…, OR 53°F
- Near Scappoose Ind, OR 53°F
Climate Living Index · Stayton
Stayton: 68/100 · grade C
Stayton publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Stayton, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 56/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 0 calendar days | 100/100 · A |
| Frost-free season | 222 days/year | 78/100 · B |
| Annual temperature balance | 52.8°F · 14.7° from 67.5°F | 52/100 · D |
| Precipitation balance | 52.7 in · 17.7 from 35 in | 37/100 · F |
Stayton · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Stayton is a temperate Köppen climate: Csb
Coldest-month mean 40.1°F and warmest-month mean 67.2°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
- 67.2°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 Stayton sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Stayton's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 52nd percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 14% wettest
- Stayton'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 Stayton is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Stayton compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Stayton's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
56 36th percentile score exceeds 36% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 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
Stayton's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 58 complete annual observations from 1953 to 2025, STAYTON warmed at a fitted rate of 0.21°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Stayton primary station fitted change +0.21 °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 | 47°F (8°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 7.2" | 12.1 | 0.0 |
| February | 51°F (10°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 5.5" | 10.9 | 0.0 |
| March | 55°F (13°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 6.2" | 6.2 | 0.0 |
| April | 60°F (16°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 51°F (10°C) | 4.8" | 0.8 | 0.0 |
| May | 67°F (19°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 56°F (14°C) | 3.3" | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| June | 73°F (23°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 62°F (16°C) | 2.1" | 0.0 | 1.1 |
| July | 81°F (27°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 67°F (20°C) | 0.5" | 0.0 | 4.9 |
| August | 81°F (27°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 0.7" | 0.0 | 4.7 |
| September | 75°F (24°C) | 49°F (10°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 2.0" | 0.0 | 1.2 |
| October | 63°F (17°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 4.7" | 0.9 | 0.0 |
| November | 52°F (11°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 7.2" | 7.5 | 0.0 |
| December | 46°F (8°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 40°F (5°C) | 8.5" | 12.0 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The calendar barely moves in Stayton: no date carries a normal high of 90°F or a normal low at freezing. The year runs between 34°F near December 24 and 83°F near July 27.
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 24.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is December 24, when 68% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is July 27 at 10%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 166 wet dates a year.
The widest day
July 31 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 29°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Stayton.
Where Stayton Stands Nationally
The normal water year runs well above the national norm at roughly 53 inches.
Stayton 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
20.3 days with precipitation
16.9 days with precipitation
18.5 days with precipitation
17.9 days with precipitation
13.4 days with precipitation
9.6 days with precipitation
3.4 days with precipitation
3.9 days with precipitation
7.5 days with precipitation
13.8 days with precipitation
19.2 days with precipitation
20.9 days with precipitation
Stayton'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 27.1°F seasonal spread.
- Wettest month
- December, 8.5"
- Driest month
- July, 0.5"
- Wettest three months
- December, January, November (44% 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 Stayton's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 165 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 52.7" between them, or roughly 0.32 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.
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.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
November 6
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 29
50% probability date
Growing Season
222 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
4,708
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
269
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside OR closest to Stayton 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).
- Alderson, WV 53°F · 0.0°F off
- Anacortes, WA 53°F · 0.0°F off
- Bentley, IL 53°F · 0.0°F off
- Biglerville, PA 53°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (52.7" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Jasper, FL 52.6" · 0.0" off
- Avon Park, FL 52.7" · 0.0" off
- Bayard, WV 52.7" · 0.0" off
- Summerville, SC 52.7" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Stayton's climate pattern fits together
heating led · wet · low swing
Heating is the larger measured load in Stayton, at 4,708 degree days versus 269 for cooling. Unlike a strongly continental record, however, its 27.1°F month-to-month range is compact; persistent cool-season demand matters more than a dramatic summer-to-winter reversal.
Stayton's frost-free season lasts about 222 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
Stayton's 27.1°F seasonal spread is compact even though precipitation is abundant. July 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, Stayton carries 52.7 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 Stayton'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 Stayton, 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 Stayton's primary station: STAYTON (USC00358095). 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 4170200). Match rule for Stayton: 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 Stayton 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.