The Poplars, 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 The Poplars's primary NOAA station, THE POPLARS.
The climate verdict for The Poplars
Dryness leads the climate profile for The Poplars, Oregon, with 11.2 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 45°F. At 47/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 17% of scores.
- 45°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 47/100
- comfort score, above 17% of station-mapped location scores
- 11.2"
- annual precipitation · 7" snow
The Poplars: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00358420 · The Poplars, OR 45°F mean · 11.2" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-ARID · SWING-MID · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 45°F
- RANK-COOL #1,235
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Nezperce
- PRCP-ARID 11.2"
- SWING-MID 37°F
- COMF-LOW 47/100
- LOAD-HEAT 7,435 HDD
- STN-1 USC00358420
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Nezperce, ID (+ 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.
- The Poplars (this station) 45°F
- Hot Jarbidge, NV 45°F
- Near Nezperce, ID 45°F
- Near Eastport, ME 45°F
- Near Bayview Model B…, ID 45°F
Climate Living Index · The Poplars
The Poplars: 20/100 · grade F
The Poplars publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for The Poplars, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 47/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Snowfall burden | 6.8 inches/year | 68/100 · C |
| Annual temperature balance | 44.9°F · 22.6° from 67.5°F | 19/100 · F |
| Precipitation balance | 11.2 in · 23.9 from 35 in | 16/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 225 calendar days | 3/100 · F |
The Poplars · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
The Poplars's normals sit in a dry climate class: BSk
Precipitation is low relative to temperature but above true desert thresholds: cold semi-arid steppe (BSk). Class BSk is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: dry (arid or semi-arid), specifically cold semi-arid steppe.
- Köppen code
- BSk
- Group
- Dry (arid or semi-arid)
- Warmest month
- 64.8°F
- Coldest month
- 27.9°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 The Poplars sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for The Poplars's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 82%
- Among 6,861 stations, The Poplars sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 92%
- The Poplars's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 77%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for The Poplars is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How The Poplars compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
The Poplars's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
47 17th percentile score exceeds 17% 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
The Poplars's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 37 complete annual observations from 1949 to 2024, THE POPLARS warmed at a fitted rate of 0.28°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- The Poplars primary station fitted change +0.28 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39°F (4°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 1.3" | 1.0" | 27.3 | 0.0 |
| February | 43°F (6°C) | 22°F (-6°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 0.9" | 3.0" | 25.1 | 0.0 |
| March | 51°F (10°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 1.4" | 0.9" | 26.7 | 0.0 |
| April | 57°F (14°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 0.8" | 0.5" | 23.2 | 0.0 |
| May | 66°F (19°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 1.3" | 0.1" | 13.6 | 0.4 |
| June | 74°F (23°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 0.7" | 0.0" | 5.8 | 2.0 |
| July | 85°F (29°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 0.4" | 0.0" | 1.1 | 11.7 |
| August | 83°F (28°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 0.5" | 0.0" | 1.8 | 7.8 |
| September | 76°F (24°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 0.5" | 0.0" | 11.4 | 1.5 |
| October | 61°F (16°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 0.8" | 0.0" | 22.2 | 0.0 |
| November | 46°F (8°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 35°F (1°C) | 1.2" | 0.4" | 24.8 | 0.0 |
| December | 38°F (3°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 1.4" | 0.9" | 27.8 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 87°F around July 24, short of 90°F on every date, while 225 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 17°F near December 17.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into May 8, then returns to freezing around September 27, covering 225 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.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is January 10, when 22% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is August 29 at 8%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 60 wet dates a year.
The widest day
September 2 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 The Poplars.
Where The Poplars Stands Nationally
Winters bite deep and often: the normal nightly low dips to freezing or below on around 225 nights a year, placing this among the most frost-prone tenth of ranked stations.
Aridity defines the water calendar: about 11 inches in a normal year lands this among the driest tenth of ranked stations.
The Poplars earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 1.0"
7.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 3.0"
5.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.9"
6.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.5"
6.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
6.6 days with precipitation
4.3 days with precipitation
2.8 days with precipitation
2.7 days with precipitation
2.5 days with precipitation
4.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.4"
5.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.9"
5.9 days with precipitation
The Poplars spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 14% of the annual total and December through February 33%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. The Poplars has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 36.9°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: December averages 1.4" and July 0.4". The three wettest months together take 37% of the year, against the 25% a perfectly flat distribution would give them.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. "Spread across the year" means neither the June-August nor the December-February share reaches 35%; it describes an average year, not the variability of any single one.
The Poplars is dry, and what does fall arrives gently
Only about 60 days a year record measurable precipitation here, 17% of the calendar, and they carry 11.1" between them. At roughly 0.18 inches on an average wet day, this is not the damp drizzle of a marine climate; it is an arid record in which precipitation is both uncommon and light when it appears.
The wettest month by count is January at about 7 wet days; the driest is September at about 3.
A low per-event average in a dry record is a statement about typical days only. Arid regions can still take a large share of a year's total from a single convective storm, which a normal cannot show.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, not the extremes within it.
Snow reaches The Poplars, but rarely amounts to much
The normals record 6.8 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 4 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
N/A
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
N/A
50% probability date
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
7,435
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
127
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside OR closest to The Poplars 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 (45°F here).
- Craig, AK 45°F · 0.0°F off
- Custer, SD 45°F · 0.0°F off
- Forest City, IA 45°F · 0.0°F off
- Forest Lake, MN 45°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (11.2" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Dinosaur, CO 11.2" · 0.0" off
- Baggs, WY 11.2" · 0.0" off
- Gildford, MT 11.1" · 0.0" off
- Medicine Bow, WY 11.2" · 0.0" off
Scarce-water calendar
Where The Poplars's limited precipitation lands
heating led · dry · mid swing
The Poplars's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 7,435 annual heating degree days against 127 for cooling. Its 36.9°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
A frost-free growing-season length is not available for The Poplars. That missing field is kept separate from the observed temperature and precipitation record rather than filled from a regional estimate.
July and December mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in The Poplars's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 36.9°F. The annual average is 45°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
The Poplars's cold-season load does not imply a wet climate. Annual precipitation is 11.2 inches, which places the station in PlainClimate's dry range. Annual snowfall totals 6.8 inches. The snowfall and rainfall fields should be read separately rather than inferred from temperature.
The Poplars wettest normal
December
December concentrates the scarce annual total (11.2 inches).
The Poplars driest normal
July
July is typically driest; arid stations are defined by when water is absent, not by a four-season grid.
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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 The Poplars's primary station: THE POPLARS (USC00358420). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The conservative exact name-and-state crosswalk finds no Census place match, so PlainClimate treats this as a station-mapped location and does not claim it is a municipality. No exact Gazetteer row for The Poplars; facility counts that depend on place identity are therefore an upper bound, not a municipal census.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for The Poplars 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.