Yachats, 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 Yachats's primary NOAA station, YACHATS.
The climate verdict for Yachats
Water is the standout signal in Yachats, Oregon: 78.3 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 52°F. Its climate comfort score of 57/100 (moderate) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 36% of station-mapped location scores.
- 52°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 57/100
- comfort score, above 36% of station-mapped location scores
- 78.3"
- annual precipitation · 1" snow
- 295 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Yachats: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00359588 · Yachats, OR 52°F mean · 78.3" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-NARROW · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 52°F
- RANK-MID #3,431
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Crescent City
- PRCP-WET 78.3"
- SWING-NARROW 12°F
- COMF-MID 57/100
- LOAD-HEAT 4,636 HDD
- STN-1 USC00359588
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Crescent City, CA ( -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.
- Hot Arcata Eureka, CA 53°F
- Near Cloverdale, OR 53°F
- Yachats (this station) 52°F
- Cold Crescent City, CA 52°F
- Near Klamath, CA 52°F
Climate Living Index · Yachats
Yachats: 66/100 · grade C
Yachats publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Yachats, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 57/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Frost-free season | 295 days/year | 100/100 · A |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 0 calendar days | 100/100 · A |
| Snowfall burden | 0.9 inches/year | 84/100 · B |
| Annual temperature balance | 52.3°F · 15.2° from 67.5°F | 50/100 · D |
| Precipitation balance | 78.3 in · 43.3 from 35 in | 0/100 · F |
Yachats · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Yachats is a temperate Köppen climate: Csb
Coldest-month mean 46.6°F and warmest-month mean 58.2°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
- 58.2°F
- Coldest month
- 46.6°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 Yachats sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Yachats's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 50th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 1% wettest
- Yachats's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 99%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Yachats is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Yachats compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Yachats's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
57 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
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 53°F (12°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 11.8" | 0.3" | 1.9 | 0.0 |
| February | 54°F (12°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 8.7" | 0.4" | 1.4 | 0.0 |
| March | 55°F (13°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 9.7" | 0.0" | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| April | 57°F (14°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 6.6" | 0.0" | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| May | 59°F (15°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 4.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| June | 62°F (17°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 3.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| July | 64°F (18°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 0.9" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| August | 65°F (18°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 58°F (15°C) | 0.9" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| September | 65°F (18°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 2.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| October | 61°F (16°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 6.2" | 0.0" | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| November | 56°F (13°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 10.7" | 0.0" | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| December | 52°F (11°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 13.2" | 0.2" | 1.9 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The calendar barely moves in Yachats: no date carries a normal high of 90°F or a normal low at freezing. The year runs between 40°F near December 14 and 65°F near September 3.
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 40°F around December 14.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is March 14, when 64% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is August 18 at 16%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 161 wet dates a year.
The widest day
September 24 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 15°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Yachats.
Where Yachats Stands Nationally
This is one of the wettest normals climates ranked: about 78 inches of precipitation in a normal year, a total fewer than one station in ten surpasses.
Among the steadiest day-night climates ranked: even the widest normal daily swing holds to roughly 15°F.
Yachats 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: 0.3"
18.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.4"
17.3 days with precipitation
19.9 days with precipitation
16.7 days with precipitation
11.5 days with precipitation
9.9 days with precipitation
4.9 days with precipitation
5.4 days with precipitation
6.5 days with precipitation
13.1 days with precipitation
19.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.2"
18.6 days with precipitation
Yachats's wet season runs through the cold months
December, January and February carry 43% 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 11.6°F seasonal spread.
- Wettest month
- December, 13.2"
- Driest month
- August, 0.9"
- Wettest three months
- December, January, November (46% 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.
When it rains in Yachats, it arrives in quantity
78.3" of precipitation falls across only about 161 wet days here, averaging 0.49 inches each. Fewer days carry more water: the year's total is delivered in comparatively heavy events rather than persistent damp.
- Days with measurable precipitation
- about 161 a year, 44% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.49 inches
- Most wet days
- March, about 20
- Fewest wet days
- July, about 5
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, and a per-day average is not a forecast of any individual storm.
Snow reaches Yachats, but rarely amounts to much
The normals record 0.9 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
December 11
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
February 19
50% probability date
Growing Season
295 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
4,636
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
10
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
August
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside OR closest to Yachats 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 (52°F here).
- Albany, MO 52°F · 0.0°F off
- Avondale, PA 52°F · 0.0°F off
- Benkelman, NE 52°F · 0.0°F off
- Bremerton, WA 52°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (78.3" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Kodiak, AK 78.3" · 0.0" off
- Klamath, CA 78.9" · 0.6" off
- Brevard, NC 75.6" · 2.7" off
- Grayland, WA 75.2" · 3.1" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Yachats's climate pattern fits together
heating led · wet · low swing
Heating is the larger measured load in Yachats, at 4,636 degree days versus 10 for cooling. Unlike a strongly continental record, however, its 11.6°F month-to-month range is compact; persistent cool-season demand matters more than a dramatic summer-to-winter reversal.
The frost-free window extends for about 295 days. That is a long calendar measure, but it is not a forecast and does not combine heat, rainfall, soil, or local elevation into a planting recommendation.
Yachats's 11.6°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 52°F. Temperature is relatively steady; the monthly rows show how rain and snow observations vary across the calendar.
Alongside its heating load, Yachats carries 78.3 inches of precipitation in a normal year, inside PlainClimate's wet range. Annual snowfall totals 0.9 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 Yachats'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 Yachats, 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 Yachats's primary station: YACHATS (USC00359588). 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 4184200). Match rule for Yachats: 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 Yachats 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.