#1Newport
Lincoln County · 10,383 peopleJuly high·January low 40°·0 days of 90°+ a year
Newport, #1 on this list · Photo: Becherka · Public domainOregon rankings · Climate
Towns with the coolest summers in Oregon
Newport has the coolest summers of Oregon’s 135 towns of 2,500+: July afternoons average a high of 66° (NOAA 1991–2020 normals). The typical town here averages 82°; 19 of the 135 stay under 80°.
The average July high. NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020, from NOAA’s 5 km grid at each town’s center; one town for each grid cell. A described list: no letters. How grades work
#166°
#2Heceta Beach
unincorporated, Lane County · 2,651 peopleJuly high·January low 40°·0 days of 90°+ a year
#3Coos Bay
Coos County · 15,686 peopleJuly high·January low 40°·0 days of 90°+ a year
All 135 towns
July high, lowest first. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T = tied; 83 towns here).
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Questions people ask
Which Oregon town has the coolest summers?
Newport (Lincoln County): July afternoons average a high of 66°. Heceta Beach (66°) and Coos Bay (66°) follow.
How are these towns ranked?
By the average July high (the warmest month’s afternoons), lowest first, on NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals, read from its 5 km grid at each town’s center. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T); the figure and the state rank are the ones on each town’s Climate page. How grades work.
Why isn’t my town on this list?
The list covers towns of 2,500+ residents, one for each of NOAA’s 5 km grid cells (135 in Oregon): where towns share a cell, one of them stands for it, since the grid gives them the same figures. Every town’s own figures are on its Climate page. Every town is on the Oregon page.
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