Wickiup Dam, OR Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, plus PlainClimate's derived comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Wickiup Dam's primary NOAA station, WICKIUP DAM.
The climate verdict for Wickiup Dam
Dryness leads the climate profile for Wickiup Dam, Oregon, with 19.5 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 46°F. At 44/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 10% of scores.
- 46°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 44/100
- comfort score, above 10% of station-mapped location scores
- 19.5"
- annual precipitation · 74" snow
- 103 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Wickiup Dam: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00359316 · Wickiup Dam, OR 46°F mean · 19.5" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-MID · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 46°F
- RANK-COOL #1,441
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Sisters
- PRCP-DRY 19.5"
- SWING-MID 35°F
- COMF-LOW 44/100
- LOAD-HEAT 7,252 HDD
- STN-1 USC00359316
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Sisters, 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.
- Wickiup Dam (this station) 46°F
- Hot Stevensville, MT 46°F
- Near Sisters, OR 46°F
- Cold Placerville, CO 45°F
- Near Snowball Rch, NV 45°F
Climate Living Index · Wickiup Dam
Wickiup Dam: 19/100 · grade F
Wickiup Dam publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Wickiup Dam, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 44/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 19.5 in · 15.5 from 35 in | 45/100 · D |
| Annual temperature balance | 45.5°F · 22.0° from 67.5°F | 21/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 200 calendar days | 14/100 · F |
| Snowfall burden | 73.9 inches/year | 8/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 103 days/year | 0/100 · F |
Wickiup Dam · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Wickiup Dam is a continental Köppen climate: Dsb
Coldest-month mean 29.5°F and warmest-month mean 64.9°F place this station in continental, dry-summer, warm summer climates (Dsb). Class Dsb is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, dry-summer, warm summer.
- Köppen code
- Dsb
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 64.9°F
- Coldest month
- 29.5°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 Wickiup Dam sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Wickiup Dam's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 79%
- Among 6,861 stations, Wickiup Dam sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 73%
- Wickiup Dam's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 81%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Wickiup Dam is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Wickiup Dam compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Wickiup Dam's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
44 10th percentile score exceeds 10% 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
Wickiup Dam's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 67 complete annual observations from 1942 to 2023, WICKIUP DAM warmed at a fitted rate of 0.10°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Wickiup Dam primary station fitted change +0.10 °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 | 40°F (4°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 3.0" | 17.9" | 29.5 | 0.0 |
| February | 43°F (6°C) | 22°F (-6°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 2.0" | 14.9" | 26.9 | 0.0 |
| March | 48°F (9°C) | 26°F (-4°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 1.7" | 8.4" | 28.7 | 0.0 |
| April | 54°F (12°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 1.3" | 2.0" | 22.6 | 0.0 |
| May | 63°F (17°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 1.3" | 0.3" | 10.0 | 0.0 |
| June | 71°F (22°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 0.9" | 0.0" | 2.1 | 0.9 |
| July | 83°F (28°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 0.5" | 0.0" | 0.2 | 6.0 |
| August | 82°F (28°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 0.6" | 0.0" | 0.4 | 5.4 |
| September | 75°F (24°C) | 38°F (4°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 0.6" | 0.0" | 5.6 | 2.1 |
| October | 62°F (17°C) | 31°F (0°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 1.4" | 0.8" | 19.7 | 0.0 |
| November | 46°F (8°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 2.6" | 8.9" | 25.4 | 0.0 |
| December | 38°F (3°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 3.6" | 20.7" | 29.3 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 85°F around July 27, short of 90°F on every date, while 200 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 20°F near December 24.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 28, then returns to freezing around October 12, covering 200 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 1, when 44% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is July 28 at 8%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 103 wet dates a year.
The widest day
September 11 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 37°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Wickiup Dam.
Where Wickiup Dam Stands Nationally
Winters bite deep and often: the normal nightly low dips to freezing or below on around 200 nights a year, placing this among the most frost-prone tenth of ranked stations.
Day-to-night contrast is extreme by national standards — the widest normal daily swing reaches about 37°F, sharper than nine in ten ranked stations see.
Wickiup Dam 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: 17.9"
13.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 14.9"
11.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 8.4"
12.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 2.0"
9.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.3"
8.8 days with precipitation
5.6 days with precipitation
2.8 days with precipitation
2.6 days with precipitation
3.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.8"
7.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 8.9"
11.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 20.7"
13.5 days with precipitation
Wickiup Dam's wet season runs through the cold months
December, January and February carry 44% of the year's precipitation here, while June through August contribute 10%. 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 35.4°F seasonal spread.
- Wettest month
- December, 3.6"
- Driest month
- July, 0.5"
- Wettest three months
- December, January, November (47% 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.
Wickiup Dam is dry, and what does fall arrives gently
Only about 102 days a year record measurable precipitation here, 28% of the calendar, and they carry 19.5" between them. At roughly 0.19 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 December at about 14 wet days; the driest is August 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.
Winter brings real snow to Wickiup Dam
Wickiup Dam averages 73.9 inches of snowfall a year, with December the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 38 days that record measurable snow. That is depth accumulating on the ground, which is why it can exceed the annual precipitation figure: precipitation counts the liquid the snow melts down to, and fresh snow is mostly air.
- Annual snowfall: 73.9 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 38 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 38% of the year's precipitation.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. The ten-to-one ratio is a convention, not a measurement: real ratios vary with temperature, so treat the share as an order of magnitude rather than an exact split.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
September 18
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
June 7
50% probability date
Growing Season
103 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
7,252
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
164
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside OR closest to Wickiup Dam 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 (46°F here).
- Big Horn, WY 46°F · 0.0°F off
- Britt, IA 46°F · 0.0°F off
- Caledonia, MN 46°F · 0.0°F off
- Charlevoix, MI 46°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (19.5" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Walsh, CO 19.5" · 0.0" off
- Ogallala, NE 19.5" · 0.0" off
- Kenmare, ND 19.5" · 0.0" off
- Albin, WY 19.5" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Wickiup Dam
heating led · dry · mid swing
Wickiup Dam's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 7,252 annual heating degree days against 164 for cooling. Its 35.4°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 103 days are frost-free in a normal year. That short interval is consistent with the cold-season signal, but the measure does not predict the exact first or last freeze in any one year.
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1. Wickiup Dam coldest normal
December
The monthly mean of 30°F (-1°C) sits near freezing, so cold nights and above-freezing afternoons share the same month.
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2. Wickiup Dam typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Wickiup Dam snow peak
December
Wickiup Dam averages 73.9 inches of snow a year, with December the snowiest month on the normals.
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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 Wickiup Dam's primary station: WICKIUP DAM (USC00359316). 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 Wickiup Dam; 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 Wickiup Dam 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.