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Chenoweth, Oregon Climate

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for The Dalles, 3.8 km from Chenoweth

The warmest month is August, with an average high of 89°F; the coldest is January, with an average low of 29°F. A normal year brings 14.0 in of precipitation and 5.5 in of snow.

Temperature through the year

The normal daily high and low and the record for every date at The Dalles Muni (DLS), since 1948. The line marks today.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Chenoweth through the year, in °F, with the record for each date.-50050100150JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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  • Normal high
  • Record high
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Normals for Sep 24

Normal high
78°F
Normal low
47°F
Record high
97°Fin 1952
Record low
33°Fin 1961
Chance of a wet day
12%
Daylight
12 h 03 min

Month by month

Averages for 1991-2020. Wet days have at least 0.01 inch of precipitation. Freeze nights have a low of 32°F or colder; degree days are on a 65°F base. Each month links to its own page.

MonthAvg highAvg lowRecord highRecord lowPrecipitationWet daysSnowfallFreeze nightsHeating DDCooling DD
January43°F29°F68°F (1971)-19°F (1950)2.45 in12.31.9 in18.28970
February49°F30°F70°F (2022)-25°F (1950)1.64 in9.50.8 in17.37150
March57°F34°F80°F (2025)6°F (2019)1.25 in10.40.1 in11.06050
April65°F39°F95°F (1998)23°F (2007)0.96 in7.80.0 in3.73952
May73°F47°F107°F (1986)28°F (1954)0.76 in6.40.0 in0.118736
June79°F53°F118°F (2021)37°F (1966)0.41 in3.20.0 in0.06298
July88°F58°F112°F (2022)40°F (1981)0.15 in0.90.0 in0.08264
August89°F57°F110°F (1972)42°F (1980)0.19 in1.80.0 in0.07255
September81°F49°F105°F (1988)29°F (1965)0.32 in2.30.0 in0.27980
October67°F40°F90°F (1988)15°F (2002)1.07 in8.10.0 in3.93644
November52°F33°F74°F (2021)-1°F (1985)1.88 in12.40.7 in11.86760
December43°F29°F70°F (2021)-9°F (1972)2.91 in11.42.0 in19.18960
Year66°F42°F13.99 in875.5 in854,890738

Precipitation

Rain and melted snow together. The chance of a wet day is the share of days with at least 0.01 inch of precipitation.

14.0 in in a normal year, most in December.

Chance of a wet day

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Chenoweth, in percent, and of at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.01020304050JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Chance of a wet day
  • Chance of snowfall

Snow

NOAA 1991-2020 snowfall normals for The Dalles.

5.5 in of snow in a normal year.

Frost and the growing season

NOAA's 1991-2020 freeze probabilities for The Dalles. A median date has an even chance of a later freeze in spring, or an earlier one in fall.

The last spring freeze typically comes around April 14 and the first fall freeze around October 23, a growing season of about 191 days.

Median at 36°F
last April 30, first October 8
Median at 32°F
last April 14, first October 23
Median at 28°F
last March 20, first November 5

Frost dates, growing season and degree days

Humidity and comfort

NASA POWER reanalysis, 1991-2020, for the grid cell around Chenoweth.

Days with a mean dew point of 65°F or more are rare here in every month.

MonthDew pointHumidityDryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable
January29°F92%100%0%0%0%0%0%
February30°F87%100%0%0%0%0%0%
March34°F82%100%0%0%0%0%0%
April37°F78%100%0%0%0%0%0%
May44°F75%98%2%0%0%0%0%
June48°F74%90%9%1%0%0%0%
July53°F70%72%23%5%0%0%0%
August51°F67%81%17%2%0%0%0%
September46°F68%97%3%0%0%0%0%
October40°F78%100%0%0%0%0%0%
November34°F88%100%0%0%0%0%0%
December29°F92%100%0%0%0%0%0%

Comfort is judged by the day's mean dew point: dry below 55°F, comfortable to 60°F, humid to 65°F, muggy to 70°F, oppressive to 75°F, miserable above.

Clouds

Average share of the sky covered, from satellite (CERES and GEWEX SRB) by way of NASA POWER, 1991-2020.

The clearest month is July, with the sky 32 percent covered on average; the cloudiest is January, at 74 percent.

Wind

The mean wind speed over the whole day, from the MERRA-2 reanalysis by way of NASA POWER. Gusts run well above it.

The windiest month is June, averaging 6.5 mph at 10 meters (33 feet) above the ground.

Daylight and sunshine

The longest day is Jun 19, with 15 h 43 min of daylight; the shortest is Dec 17, with 8 h 41 min.

Hours of daylight at Chenoweth through the year.0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Solar energy

Average daily sunshine reaching the ground on a flat surface, in kilowatt-hours per square meter, clouds included.

Sunrise and sunset calendar

How Wasco County is running

NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance, from the nClimGrid analysis of every station, updated early each month. A rank of 1 is the highest or lowest of all years since 1895.

August 2026 in Wasco County: 69.2°F (+1.8 °F against 1991-2020), the 11th warmest in 132 years on record.

August 2026 in Wasco County: 0.06 in (-0.26 in against 1991-2020), the 31st driest in 132 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Wasco County: 53.0°F (+2.5 °F against 1991-2020), the 4th warmest in 132 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Wasco County: 8.26 in (-3.50 in against 1991-2020), the 19th driest in 132 years on record.

Warmest August
72.6°F in 2022
Coolest August
57.6°F in 1899
Wettest August
1.74 in in 1968
Driest August
0.00 in in 1914

Every year since 1895

Each year's average temperature in Wasco County against the 1991-2020 average, in °F, 1895 to 2025.-6-4-20+2+4+61900192019401960198020002020NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance

Oregon climate and rankings

Month pages

The weather in Chenoweth in each month, day by day.

What this means

A normal is the average of the thirty years 1991 to 2020, the period the World Meteorological Organization and NOAA use for comparison. It is an average, not a forecast: most days depart from it, and some by a long way.

A record is the highest or lowest value on the date in every year the station has reported, back to 1948. It rests on one station, so a neighbor a few miles away can hold different ones.

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine come from a reanalysis: a weather model run over the past with every observation fed in, averaged over a grid cell about 50 km across. It is consistent everywhere on Earth; it smooths local detail such as a lake shore or a valley.

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Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00358407 (The Dalles), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00024219, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus. Rankings: NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance, public domain.