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United States › Oregon › Sherman County › Climate Station MORO, OR US Distance 6.2 mi Normals 1991 to 2020
This weather has a price Keeping the median Sherman County home comfortable runs roughly $421 a year in heating and cooling alone. See where it lands in the monthly bill

30-year climate normals

Sherman County Climate and Weather Averages

Hottest month: July

84.0°

average daily high. The coldest month is December, averaging a low of 24.2°F.

Sherman County gets 11.01" of precipitation a year and 16.6" of snow, and 42% of it falls in Nov, Dec, Jan.

Temperature through the year

Each bar spans the average daily low to the average daily high for that month.

40° 60° 80° JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
MonthAvg highAvg low PrecipSnow
January 40.1° 24.5° 1.47" 5.3"
February 44.9° 26.2° 1.06" 2.5"
March 52.3° 30.1° 0.97" 0.7"
April 58.8° 34.5° 0.96" 0.0"
May 67.4° 41.6° 0.96" 0.0"
June 74.3° 47.0° 0.57" 0.0"
July 84.0° 53.0° 0.18" 0.0"
August 83.8° 52.6° 0.20" 0.0"
September 75.8° 45.4° 0.43" 0.0"
October 62.2° 36.2° 1.06" 0.2"
November 48.4° 28.7° 1.54" 2.2"
December 39.5° 24.2° 1.61" 5.7"

Rainfall by month

Precipitation is spread fairly evenly through the year here, with 42% falling in the wettest three months (Nov, Dec, Jan).

January 1.47"
February 1.06"
March 0.97"
April 0.96"
May 0.96"
June 0.57"
July 0.18"
August 0.20"
September 0.43"
October 1.06"
November 1.54"
December 1.61"
Annual total 11.01"

What this climate costs you

Degree days measure how hard a building has to work to stay comfortable. They are the reason two identical houses have very different power bills, and they are the link between the weather here and what you pay every month.

Cooling degree days How much air conditioning the climate demands 401
Heating degree days How much heating the climate demands 6,219
Approximate annual cooling cost At 16.32¢/kWh, Oregon average $65
Approximate annual electric heating cost Lower where heating is gas rather than electric $355

These are rough planning figures from degree days and the state electricity price, not a bill estimate. House size, insulation and fuel type move them a lot. See the full cost of owning a home in Sherman County, where electricity is one line of eight.

Common questions

What is the weather like in Sherman County?

Sherman County averages a high of 84.0°F in July and a low of 24.2°F in December. Annual precipitation is 11.01 inches, including 16.6 inches of snow.

When is the rainy season in Sherman County?

The wettest stretch is Nov, Dec, Jan, which accounts for 42% of the year's precipitation. Precipitation is relatively evenly distributed across the year.

How hot does it get in Sherman County?

The average daily high in July, the hottest month, is 84.0°F. That drives 401 cooling degree days a year, which is what your air conditioning has to work against.

Does it snow in Sherman County?

Yes. Sherman County averages 16.6 inches of snow a year.

Sources

  • Temperature, precipitation and snowfall normals: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 1991 to 2020 Monthly Climate Normals, station MORO, OR US (USC00355734), 6.2 miles from the county centroid.
  • Heating and cooling degree days: NOAA, same station and period.
  • Annual figures on this page are the sum of that station's twelve monthly normals. NOAA also publishes a separately-computed annual normal, which can differ from the monthly sum by a few percent; we use the monthly series because the month-by-month breakdown above has to come from it.
  • Electricity price: US Energy Information Administration, Electric Power Monthly Table 5.6.A, Oregon residential average.
  • Wet-season share is the wettest three consecutive months as a percentage of annual precipitation, calculated from the monthly normals.