Prairie City Rs Weather Records (USC00356845)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Prairie City Rs (USC00356845), Oregon, United States, with 41 years of record.

Key Facts for Prairie City Rs

Prairie City Rs (USC00356845) is a weather station in Oregon, United States at 44.46 latitude and -118.71 longitude, 1,079 m (3,540 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1911 to 1951, 41 years of record.
1,464 records set at Prairie City Rs still stand.
Records are tracked for tmax, tmin, prcp, snow, snwd: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Prairie City Rs set a daily record precipitation of 12.2 mm (0.5 in) on 30 September 1951.

About the Station

Location: Oregon, United States, 44.46 latitude, -118.71 longitude.
Elevation: 1,079 m (3,540 ft).
Period of record: 1911 to 1951, 41 years.
Eligible elements: tmax, tmin, prcp, snow, snwd.

Daily Record Envelope and 2026

0 days at or beyond a record

The band shows the record high and record low for each calendar day at Prairie City Rs. The lines show the 2026 daily maximum and minimum. 0 days in 2026 matched or passed a record. Temperatures are in degrees Celsius.

Daily record high and record low at Prairie City Rs, with 2026 drawn through them
Month	Highest record high	Lowest record low	2026 highest maximum	2026 lowest minimum
Jan	18.9 C (66.0 F)	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Feb	21.1 C (70.0 F)	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	n/a	n/a
Mar	27.8 C (82.0 F)	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	n/a	n/a
Apr	33.9 C (93.0 F)	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	n/a	n/a
May	38.3 C (100.9 F)	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Jun	42.2 C (108.0 F)	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Jul	44.4 C (111.9 F)	0.0 C (32.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Aug	40.6 C (105.1 F)	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Sep	38.3 C (100.9 F)	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	n/a	n/a
Oct	35.6 C (96.1 F)	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Nov	25.6 C (78.1 F)	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	n/a	n/a
Dec	22.2 C (72.0 F)	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)	n/a	n/a

Which Years Hold Standing Records

1,464 standing records

1,464 records at Prairie City Rs still stand. 1916 holds the most, with 73.

Standing records at Prairie City Rs by the year they were set
Year set	Standing records
1911	20
1912	40
1913	49
1914	57
1915	43
1916	73
1917	73
1918	66
1919	65
1920	49
1921	37
1922	33
1923	46
1924	54
1925	36
1926	50
1927	47
1928	31
1929	57
1930	55
1931	43
1932	35
1933	54
1934	69
1935	41
1936	51
1937	52
1938	33
1939	20
1940	33
1941	33
1942	19

Wettest Day of Each Month

Aug: 42.4 mm (1.7 in)

The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Prairie City Rs. The most was 42.4 mm (1.7 in) on 25 August 1920.

Record daily precipitation for each month at Prairie City Rs
Month	Record daily precipitation (mm)	Date
Jan	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	7 January 1912
Feb	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	9 February 1942
Mar	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	18 March 1932
Apr	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	29 April 1915
May	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 May 1912
Jun	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	26 June 1934
Jul	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	16 July 1938
Aug	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	25 August 1920
Sep	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	4 September 1940
Oct	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	4 October 1923
Nov	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	20 November 1921
Dec	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	11 December 1937

Period of Record Coverage

1911 to 1942

32 years of record at Prairie City Rs, 1911 to 1942. 5 years have data for under 90 percent of days and are left out of rankings: 1911, 1924, 1925, 1939, 1942.

Days with data per year at Prairie City Rs
Year	Days with data	Share of year	Complete
1911	212	58%	No
1912	362	99%	Yes
1913	360	99%	Yes
1914	363	99%	Yes
1915	363	99%	Yes
1916	364	99%	Yes
1917	365	100%	Yes
1918	361	99%	Yes
1919	363	99%	Yes
1920	360	98%	Yes
1921	365	100%	Yes
1922	364	100%	Yes
1923	363	99%	Yes
1924	239	65%	No
1925	288	79%	No
1926	363	99%	Yes
1927	364	100%	Yes
1928	364	99%	Yes
1929	364	100%	Yes
1930	358	98%	Yes
1931	358	98%	Yes
1932	366	100%	Yes
1933	365	100%	Yes
1934	365	100%	Yes
1935	363	99%	Yes
1936	366	100%	Yes
1937	361	99%	Yes
1938	365	100%	Yes
1939	306	84%	No
1940	338	92%	Yes
1941	364	100%	Yes
1942	148	41%	No

Latest Records

Latest records at Prairie City Rs
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 September 1951	Prairie City Rs, US	daily rain	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 August 1951	Prairie City Rs, US	daily rain (Tie)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	tie	12 years	1 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1951	Prairie City Rs, US	daily rain (Tie)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	tie	33 years	3 of 100 (Routine)
11 May 1951	Prairie City Rs, US	daily rain	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1951	Prairie City Rs, US	daily rain	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	8 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 March 1951	Prairie City Rs, US	daily rain	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	37 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
4 February 1951	Prairie City Rs, US	daily rain	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	15 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1951	Prairie City Rs, US	daily rain	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1951	Prairie City Rs, US	daily rain	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	21 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 December 1950	Prairie City Rs, US	daily rain	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1950	Prairie City Rs, US	daily rain	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	24 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
13 November 1950	Prairie City Rs, US	daily rain	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	23 years	10 of 100 (Routine)
1 November 1950	Prairie City Rs, US	daily rain	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 October 1950	Prairie City Rs, US	daily rain	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	11 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
26 September 1950	Prairie City Rs, US	daily rain	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	39 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1950	Prairie City Rs, US	daily rain	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	39 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
4 August 1950	Prairie City Rs, US	daily rain	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	28 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
25 July 1950	Prairie City Rs, US	daily rain	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	8 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
21 May 1942	Prairie City Rs, US	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	28 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
20 May 1942	Prairie City Rs, US	daily high max (Tie)	31.1 C (88.0 F)	tie	23 years	2 of 100 (Routine)

Climate Trend

26 complete years, 1912 to 1941

One stripe for each of 26 complete years at Prairie City Rs, 1912 to 1941. Blue stripes are years cooler than the station's own mean of 9.1 C (48.4 F); red stripes are warmer. The coolest year was 1916, at 7.5 C (45.5 F), and the warmest was 1934, at 11.8 C (53.2 F). The strongest colour marks a difference of 2.7 C (4.9 F).

Annual mean temperature at Prairie City Rs as warming stripes, 1912 to 1941
Year	Annual mean temperature	Difference from the station mean
1912	8.2 C	-0.91 C
1913	7.9 C	-1.23 C
1914	9.6 C	+0.51 C
1915	9.6 C	+0.50 C
1916	7.5 C	-1.60 C
1917	8.3 C	-0.82 C
1918	9.4 C	+0.29 C
1919	8.6 C	-0.48 C
1920	8.7 C	-0.43 C
1921	9.2 C	+0.11 C
1922	8.3 C	-0.81 C
1923	8.9 C	-0.20 C
1926	10.5 C	+1.40 C
1927	8.3 C	-0.76 C
1928	8.4 C	-0.67 C
1929	8.6 C	-0.54 C
1930	7.9 C	-1.20 C
1931	8.7 C	-0.42 C
1932	8.9 C	-0.19 C
1933	9.7 C	+0.55 C
1934	11.8 C	+2.66 C
1935	9.4 C	+0.32 C
1936	10.3 C	+1.22 C
1937	9.6 C	+0.54 C
1938	10.1 C	+1.04 C
1941	10.3 C	+1.17 C

This station does not have enough complete years (30 are needed) to fit a temperature trend.

A year is complete when all 12 months have at least 20 days of both daily maximum and daily minimum readings. The annual mean is the mean of the monthly means. The trend describes this one station over this period; it does not say what caused the change.

Extremes by Year

1911 to 1951

Yearly extremes at Prairie City Rs: the record and the median year
Measure	Record	Year of the record	Median year	Years with a value
Hottest day (TXx)	44.4 C (111.9 F)	1935	40.0 C (104.0 F)	32
Coldest night (TNn)	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)	1919	-22.5 C (-8.5 F)	32
Wettest day (Rx1day)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	1920	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	34
Wettest five days (Rx5day)	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	1916	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	34
Longest dry spell (CDD)	88 days	1934	37 days	34

Hottest day (TXx)

The hottest day of the year at Prairie City Rs, 1911 to 1951. The record is 44.4 C (111.9 F) in 1935, marked on the chart; the median year is 40.0 C (104.0 F).

Hottest day (TXx) at Prairie City Rs by year
Year	Hottest day (TXx)
1911	37.8 C (100.0 F)
1912	38.9 C (102.0 F)
1913	36.1 C (97.0 F)
1914	39.4 C (102.9 F)
1915	40.0 C (104.0 F)
1916	37.8 C (100.0 F)
1917	40.6 C (105.1 F)
1918	38.9 C (102.0 F)
1919	41.7 C (107.1 F)
1920	40.0 C (104.0 F)
1921	37.8 C (100.0 F)
1922	39.4 C (102.9 F)
1923	38.9 C (102.0 F)
1924	36.7 C (98.1 F)
1925	40.0 C (104.0 F)
1926	41.1 C (106.0 F)
1927	40.0 C (104.0 F)
1928	43.3 C (109.9 F)
1929	40.6 C (105.1 F)
1930	38.9 C (102.0 F)
1931	41.7 C (107.1 F)
1932	39.4 C (102.9 F)
1933	40.6 C (105.1 F)
1934	43.3 C (109.9 F)
1935	44.4 C (111.9 F)
1936	43.9 C (111.0 F)
1937	41.1 C (106.0 F)
1938	41.1 C (106.0 F)
1939	41.1 C (106.0 F)
1940	42.2 C (108.0 F)
1941	40.6 C (105.1 F)
1942	31.1 C (88.0 F)
1950	n/a
1951	n/a

Coldest night (TNn)

The coldest night of the year at Prairie City Rs, 1911 to 1951. The record is -32.2 C (-26.0 F) in 1919, marked on the chart; the median year is -22.5 C (-8.5 F).

Coldest night (TNn) at Prairie City Rs by year
Year	Coldest night (TNn)
1911	-16.7 C (1.9 F)
1912	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)
1913	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)
1914	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)
1915	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)
1916	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)
1917	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)
1918	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)
1919	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)
1920	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)
1921	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)
1922	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)
1923	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)
1924	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)
1925	-12.2 C (10.0 F)
1926	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)
1927	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)
1928	-17.8 C (0.0 F)
1929	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)
1930	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)
1931	-17.8 C (0.0 F)
1932	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)
1933	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)
1934	-10.0 C (14.0 F)
1935	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)
1936	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)
1937	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)
1938	-13.9 C (7.0 F)
1939	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)
1940	-16.1 C (3.0 F)
1941	-14.4 C (6.1 F)
1942	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)
1950	n/a
1951	n/a

Wettest day (Rx1day)

The wettest day of the year at Prairie City Rs, 1911 to 1951. The record is 42.4 mm (1.7 in) in 1920, marked on the chart; the median year is 23.5 mm (0.9 in).

Wettest day (Rx1day) at Prairie City Rs by year
Year	Wettest day (Rx1day)
1911	16.5 mm (0.6 in)
1912	33.0 mm (1.3 in)
1913	26.7 mm (1.1 in)
1914	21.3 mm (0.8 in)
1915	21.3 mm (0.8 in)
1916	23.4 mm (0.9 in)
1917	24.6 mm (1.0 in)
1918	23.6 mm (0.9 in)
1919	24.6 mm (1.0 in)
1920	42.4 mm (1.7 in)
1921	32.0 mm (1.3 in)
1922	12.2 mm (0.5 in)
1923	32.0 mm (1.3 in)
1924	12.2 mm (0.5 in)
1925	20.1 mm (0.8 in)
1926	27.7 mm (1.1 in)
1927	34.0 mm (1.3 in)
1928	22.6 mm (0.9 in)
1929	20.6 mm (0.8 in)
1930	22.1 mm (0.9 in)
1931	17.0 mm (0.7 in)
1932	22.6 mm (0.9 in)
1933	19.6 mm (0.8 in)
1934	36.1 mm (1.4 in)
1935	25.9 mm (1.0 in)
1936	18.0 mm (0.7 in)
1937	24.4 mm (1.0 in)
1938	26.4 mm (1.0 in)
1939	16.8 mm (0.7 in)
1940	27.9 mm (1.1 in)
1941	23.9 mm (0.9 in)
1942	25.9 mm (1.0 in)
1950	20.8 mm (0.8 in)
1951	19.3 mm (0.8 in)

Wettest five days (Rx5day)

The wettest five days of the year at Prairie City Rs, 1911 to 1951. The record is 66.6 mm (2.6 in) in 1916, marked on the chart; the median year is 40.2 mm (1.6 in).

Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Prairie City Rs by year
Year	Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1911	22.3 mm (0.9 in)
1912	58.2 mm (2.3 in)
1913	42.0 mm (1.7 in)
1914	40.4 mm (1.6 in)
1915	53.1 mm (2.1 in)
1916	66.6 mm (2.6 in)
1917	48.0 mm (1.9 in)
1918	48.5 mm (1.9 in)
1919	40.9 mm (1.6 in)
1920	54.6 mm (2.1 in)
1921	65.5 mm (2.6 in)
1922	28.7 mm (1.1 in)
1923	57.9 mm (2.3 in)
1924	18.5 mm (0.7 in)
1925	29.0 mm (1.1 in)
1926	41.5 mm (1.6 in)
1927	44.5 mm (1.8 in)
1928	32.0 mm (1.3 in)
1929	45.2 mm (1.8 in)
1930	38.8 mm (1.5 in)
1931	30.7 mm (1.2 in)
1932	48.5 mm (1.9 in)
1933	34.0 mm (1.3 in)
1934	46.2 mm (1.8 in)
1935	33.0 mm (1.3 in)
1936	30.2 mm (1.2 in)
1937	52.6 mm (2.1 in)
1938	39.9 mm (1.6 in)
1939	28.8 mm (1.1 in)
1940	31.2 mm (1.2 in)
1941	39.9 mm (1.6 in)
1942	33.9 mm (1.3 in)
1950	23.9 mm (0.9 in)
1951	27.2 mm (1.1 in)

Longest dry spell (CDD)

The longest dry spell of the year at Prairie City Rs, 1911 to 1951. The record is 88 days in 1934, marked on the chart; the median year is 37 days.

Longest dry spell (CDD) at Prairie City Rs by year
Year	Longest dry spell (CDD)
1911	29 days
1912	24 days
1913	31 days
1914	49 days
1915	43 days
1916	23 days
1917	55 days
1918	34 days
1919	36 days
1920	36 days
1921	38 days
1922	51 days
1923	32 days
1924	58 days
1925	30 days
1926	41 days
1927	24 days
1928	22 days
1929	69 days
1930	33 days
1931	77 days
1932	42 days
1933	58 days
1934	88 days
1935	71 days
1936	32 days
1937	34 days
1938	19 days
1939	49 days
1940	39 days
1941	18 days
1942	15 days
1950	42 days
1951	41 days

Each chart shows one value per year; the dot marks the record year. TXx is the hottest daily maximum, TNn the coldest daily minimum, Rx1day and Rx5day the largest one-day and five-day rain totals, and CDD the longest run of days with less than 1 mm of rain. A year with missing days can understate an extreme.

Frost Dates and Growing Season

26 years with a frost

Across 26 years with a frost, the median last spring frost at Prairie City Rs falls on 27 May and the median first autumn frost on 13 September, which leaves a median of 111 days between them.

Fitted over all years, the growing season changes by +7.9 days per decade at this station.

Frost dates and growing season at Prairie City Rs
Measure	Median, all years	Earliest period	Recent period (1912 to 1941)	Recent against earliest	Fitted trend
Last spring frost	27 May	n/a	27 May	n/a	-4.0 days per decade
First autumn frost	13 September	n/a	13 September	n/a	+3.8 days per decade
Growing days	111 days	n/a	111 days	n/a	+7.9 days per decade

A frost day is a day with a daily minimum at or below 0 C (32 F). The last spring frost and the first autumn frost are the last and first such days of the cold season, and growing days are the days between them. A negative trend for the last spring frost means it comes earlier.

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Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2025-12-31. Last revised 31 December 2025 (2025-12-31).