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Weather in Gates, OR · National Weather Service + NOAA

Gates is one of the wetter places around

Gates has mild winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 80°, a January night drops to 33°, and about 10 inches of snow falls in a normal winter. Normal November highs come to 50°, and lows to 36°.

Winter 46°/33°Spring 59°/38°Summer 77°/49°Fall 62°/41°
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Sunrise 9:49 am · sunset 7:56 pm

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What stands out about Gates’s weather

Read from 30 years of NOAA records. Each one opens the full story on the Climate page.

Climate →
A wet climate72 inches of rain and melted snow a year, more than 100% of U.S. towns.A long growing season270 frost-free days, from Mar 9 to Dec 3.
A normal year

Where today sits in Gates’s year

Typical highs and lows month by month, from 30 years of NOAA records.

Full climate →
Winter
46° / 33°
3 days with an inch or more of snow
Spring
59° / 38°
Last frost around Mar 9
Summer
77° / 49°
13 days reach 90° in a normal year
Fall now
62° / 41°
First frost around Dec 3
31 daysuntil the usual first frost (Dec 3)
Best months to be outside
MayJunJulAugSep
Highs of 62–84° and lows of 40° or more
How much snow does Gates get?About 10 inches a winter.When is it wettest?December, with 11.3 inches.Is it warmer than it used to be?+1.2° vs. the 20th century.

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Forecast, conditions and alerts: National Weather Service. Climate: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020 and 1901–2000. Temperatures and rainfall come from NOAA’s gridded normals for Gates itself (about a 3-mile square). Snow, frost dates and day counts: the NOAA station at Detroit Dam, OR (8 mi). Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the town’s position. Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast.