Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Burns WSO City (USW00024134), Oregon, United States, with 42 years of record.
Key Facts for Burns WSO City
Burns WSO City (USW00024134) is a weather station in Oregon, United States at 43.58 latitude and -119.05 longitude, 1,262 m (4,141 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1939 to 1980, 42 years of record.
1,464 records set at Burns WSO City still stand.
Records are tracked for tmax, tmin, prcp, snow, snwd: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Burns WSO City set a daily record high maximum temperature of 23.9 C (75.0 F) on 19 April 1980.
About the Station
Location: Oregon, United States, 43.58 latitude, -119.05 longitude.
Elevation: 1,262 m (4,141 ft).
Period of record: 1939 to 1980, 42 years.
Eligible elements: tmax, tmin, prcp, snow, snwd.
Daily Record Envelope and 2026
0 days at or beyond a record
Record highRecord low2026 daily maximum2026 daily minimum
The band shows the record high and record low for each calendar day at Burns WSO City. 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 Burns WSO City, with 2026 drawn through them
Month
Highest record high
Lowest record low
2026 highest maximum
2026 lowest minimum
Jan
14.4 C (57.9 F)
-32.2 C (-26.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Feb
17.8 C (64.0 F)
-27.8 C (-18.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Mar
23.9 C (75.0 F)
-19.4 C (-2.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Apr
30.0 C (86.0 F)
-10.0 C (14.0 F)
n/a
n/a
May
33.9 C (93.0 F)
-7.2 C (19.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Jun
36.7 C (98.1 F)
-3.9 C (25.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Jul
39.4 C (102.9 F)
0.6 C (33.1 F)
n/a
n/a
Aug
39.4 C (102.9 F)
-0.6 C (30.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Sep
37.8 C (100.0 F)
-8.3 C (17.1 F)
n/a
n/a
Oct
30.6 C (87.1 F)
-12.8 C (9.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Nov
21.7 C (71.1 F)
-27.2 C (-17.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Dec
16.1 C (61.0 F)
-32.2 C (-26.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Which Years Hold Standing Records
1,464 standing records
Year with most
1,464 records at Burns WSO City still stand. 1949 holds the most, with 74.
Standing records at Burns WSO City by the year they were set
Year set
Standing records
1939
67
1940
45
1941
28
1942
44
1943
32
1944
23
1945
32
1946
29
1947
40
1948
41
1949
74
1950
56
1951
23
1952
31
1953
34
1954
34
1955
49
1956
35
1957
21
1958
31
1959
33
1960
38
1961
22
1962
37
1963
39
1964
20
1965
26
1966
36
1967
24
1968
37
1969
21
1970
34
1971
44
1972
66
1973
20
1974
33
1975
37
1976
27
1977
39
1978
34
1979
23
1980
5
All-Time Record Progression
1 new records
1 all-time records were set at Burns WSO City between 8 December 1972 and 8 December 1972. Each dot is a new record.
When Burns WSO City set new all-time records
Date
Kind
Detail
1972-12-08
Record low maximum temperature
Record low maximum temperature -18.9 C (-2.0 F)
Wettest Day of Each Month
Dec: 44.2 mm (1.7 in)
The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Burns WSO City. The most was 44.2 mm (1.7 in) on 22 December 1964.
Record daily precipitation for each month at Burns WSO City
Month
Record daily precipitation (mm)
Date
Jan
25.4 mm (1.0 in)
20 January 1969
Feb
27.9 mm (1.1 in)
16 February 1947
Mar
20.1 mm (0.8 in)
10 March 1967
Apr
16.8 mm (0.7 in)
6 April 1963
May
25.4 mm (1.0 in)
3 May 1971
Jun
42.4 mm (1.7 in)
3 June 1948
Jul
30.5 mm (1.2 in)
9 July 1955
Aug
22.4 mm (0.9 in)
11 August 1965
Sep
29.5 mm (1.2 in)
18 September 1959
Oct
28.4 mm (1.1 in)
10 October 1962
Nov
31.8 mm (1.3 in)
22 November 1953
Dec
44.2 mm (1.7 in)
22 December 1964
Period of Record Coverage
1939 to 1980
Complete yearUnder 90 percent of days
42 years of record at Burns WSO City, 1939 to 1980. 1 years have data for under 90 percent of days and are left out of rankings: 1980.
Cooler than the station meanWarmer than the station mean
One stripe for each of 41 complete years at Burns WSO City, 1939 to 1979. Blue stripes are years cooler than the station's own mean of 7.9 C (46.2 F); red stripes are warmer. The coolest year was 1964, at 6.9 C (44.4 F), and the warmest was 1958, at 9.4 C (48.9 F). The strongest colour marks a difference of 1.5 C (2.7 F).
Annual mean temperature at Burns WSO City as warming stripes, 1939 to 1979
Year
Annual mean temperature
Difference from the station mean
1939
9.3 C
+1.34 C
1940
9.4 C
+1.46 C
1941
8.0 C
+0.08 C
1942
7.0 C
-0.90 C
1943
7.6 C
-0.34 C
1944
6.9 C
-0.98 C
1945
7.7 C
-0.26 C
1946
7.7 C
-0.20 C
1947
8.4 C
+0.48 C
1948
6.9 C
-0.97 C
1949
7.5 C
-0.40 C
1950
7.8 C
-0.10 C
1951
7.8 C
-0.16 C
1952
7.6 C
-0.30 C
1953
8.6 C
+0.72 C
1954
8.3 C
+0.39 C
1955
7.0 C
-0.93 C
1956
7.7 C
-0.17 C
1957
7.7 C
-0.18 C
1958
9.4 C
+1.46 C
1959
8.4 C
+0.49 C
1960
7.8 C
-0.12 C
1961
8.4 C
+0.46 C
1962
7.7 C
-0.20 C
1963
8.2 C
+0.29 C
1964
6.9 C
-1.04 C
1965
7.9 C
+0.01 C
1966
8.3 C
+0.34 C
1967
8.6 C
+0.67 C
1968
8.2 C
+0.28 C
1969
7.9 C
-0.05 C
1970
7.8 C
-0.10 C
1971
7.3 C
-0.60 C
1972
7.4 C
-0.49 C
1973
8.3 C
+0.43 C
1974
8.3 C
+0.41 C
1975
7.3 C
-0.59 C
1976
7.9 C
-0.06 C
1977
8.1 C
+0.15 C
1978
7.6 C
-0.28 C
1979
8.0 C
+0.06 C
The fitted trend in annual mean temperature here over 1939 to 1979 is -0.02 C (-0.19 to 0.14) per decade. The interval includes zero, so the trend is not clearly different from zero. In Fahrenheit: -0.04 F (-0.34 to 0.26) per decade. The slope is a straight line fitted to 41 complete years; the brackets give its 95 percent interval.
Fitted temperature trends per decade at Burns WSO City
Measure
Per decade (C)
Per decade (F)
Period
Complete years
Reading
Annual mean temperature
-0.02 C (-0.19 to 0.14) per decade
-0.04 F (-0.34 to 0.26) per decade
1939 to 1979
41
Not clearly different from zero
Mean daily maximum
-0.03 C (-0.21 to 0.15) per decade
-0.05 F (-0.37 to 0.28) per decade
1939 to 1979
41
Not clearly different from zero
Mean daily minimum
-0.02 C (-0.20 to 0.17) per decade
-0.03 F (-0.37 to 0.30) per decade
1939 to 1979
41
Not clearly different from zero
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
1939 to 1980
Yearly extremes at Burns WSO City: the record and the median year
Measure
Record
Year of the record
Median year
Years with a value
Hottest day (TXx)
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1946
36.1 C (97.0 F)
42
Coldest night (TNn)
-32.2 C (-26.0 F)
1962
-22.8 C (-9.0 F)
42
Wettest day (Rx1day)
44.2 mm (1.7 in)
1964
20.7 mm (0.8 in)
42
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
87.9 mm (3.5 in)
1962
36.8 mm (1.4 in)
42
Longest dry spell (CDD)
83 days
1974
50 days
42
Hottest day (TXx)
The hottest day of the year at Burns WSO City, 1939 to 1980. The record is 39.4 C (102.9 F) in 1946, marked on the chart; the median year is 36.1 C (97.0 F).
Hottest day (TXx) at Burns WSO City by year
Year
Hottest day (TXx)
1939
38.3 C (100.9 F)
1940
36.1 C (97.0 F)
1941
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1942
35.6 C (96.1 F)
1943
35.6 C (96.1 F)
1944
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1945
36.1 C (97.0 F)
1946
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1947
34.4 C (93.9 F)
1948
34.4 C (93.9 F)
1949
37.2 C (99.0 F)
1950
37.8 C (100.0 F)
1951
36.1 C (97.0 F)
1952
33.9 C (93.0 F)
1953
36.7 C (98.1 F)
1954
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1955
37.2 C (99.0 F)
1956
35.6 C (96.1 F)
1957
33.9 C (93.0 F)
1958
36.1 C (97.0 F)
1959
37.8 C (100.0 F)
1960
38.3 C (100.9 F)
1961
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1962
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1963
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1964
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1965
34.4 C (93.9 F)
1966
35.6 C (96.1 F)
1967
36.7 C (98.1 F)
1968
38.3 C (100.9 F)
1969
36.1 C (97.0 F)
1970
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1971
36.1 C (97.0 F)
1972
37.2 C (99.0 F)
1973
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1974
35.6 C (96.1 F)
1975
36.7 C (98.1 F)
1976
33.9 C (93.0 F)
1977
36.1 C (97.0 F)
1978
36.1 C (97.0 F)
1979
36.7 C (98.1 F)
1980
25.0 C (77.0 F)
Coldest night (TNn)
The coldest night of the year at Burns WSO City, 1939 to 1980. The record is -32.2 C (-26.0 F) in 1962, marked on the chart; the median year is -22.8 C (-9.0 F).
Coldest night (TNn) at Burns WSO City by year
Year
Coldest night (TNn)
1939
-24.4 C (-11.9 F)
1940
-17.8 C (0.0 F)
1941
-17.8 C (0.0 F)
1942
-27.8 C (-18.0 F)
1943
-26.7 C (-16.1 F)
1944
-20.6 C (-5.1 F)
1945
-20.0 C (-4.0 F)
1946
-17.8 C (0.0 F)
1947
-23.3 C (-9.9 F)
1948
-22.2 C (-8.0 F)
1949
-26.7 C (-16.1 F)
1950
-28.9 C (-20.0 F)
1951
-22.8 C (-9.0 F)
1952
-23.3 C (-9.9 F)
1953
-12.2 C (10.0 F)
1954
-20.6 C (-5.1 F)
1955
-27.2 C (-17.0 F)
1956
-27.8 C (-18.0 F)
1957
-31.7 C (-25.1 F)
1958
-15.6 C (3.9 F)
1959
-20.0 C (-4.0 F)
1960
-22.8 C (-9.0 F)
1961
-20.6 C (-5.1 F)
1962
-32.2 C (-26.0 F)
1963
-23.9 C (-11.0 F)
1964
-23.3 C (-9.9 F)
1965
-22.8 C (-9.0 F)
1966
-18.3 C (-0.9 F)
1967
-22.2 C (-8.0 F)
1968
-16.7 C (1.9 F)
1969
-23.3 C (-9.9 F)
1970
-19.4 C (-2.9 F)
1971
-23.9 C (-11.0 F)
1972
-32.2 C (-26.0 F)
1973
-15.0 C (5.0 F)
1974
-21.1 C (-6.0 F)
1975
-18.3 C (-0.9 F)
1976
-16.7 C (1.9 F)
1977
-24.4 C (-11.9 F)
1978
-25.6 C (-14.1 F)
1979
-26.1 C (-15.0 F)
1980
-21.7 C (-7.1 F)
Wettest day (Rx1day)
The wettest day of the year at Burns WSO City, 1939 to 1980. The record is 44.2 mm (1.7 in) in 1964, marked on the chart; the median year is 20.7 mm (0.8 in).
Wettest day (Rx1day) at Burns WSO City by year
Year
Wettest day (Rx1day)
1939
11.2 mm (0.4 in)
1940
21.3 mm (0.8 in)
1941
16.3 mm (0.6 in)
1942
23.4 mm (0.9 in)
1943
9.9 mm (0.39 in)
1944
21.6 mm (0.9 in)
1945
32.0 mm (1.3 in)
1946
16.3 mm (0.6 in)
1947
27.9 mm (1.1 in)
1948
42.4 mm (1.7 in)
1949
17.8 mm (0.7 in)
1950
20.3 mm (0.8 in)
1951
16.3 mm (0.6 in)
1952
13.0 mm (0.5 in)
1953
31.8 mm (1.3 in)
1954
14.5 mm (0.6 in)
1955
30.5 mm (1.2 in)
1956
22.9 mm (0.9 in)
1957
21.1 mm (0.8 in)
1958
18.8 mm (0.7 in)
1959
29.5 mm (1.2 in)
1960
17.3 mm (0.7 in)
1961
17.0 mm (0.7 in)
1962
28.4 mm (1.1 in)
1963
19.8 mm (0.8 in)
1964
44.2 mm (1.7 in)
1965
22.4 mm (0.9 in)
1966
16.3 mm (0.6 in)
1967
25.4 mm (1.0 in)
1968
14.0 mm (0.6 in)
1969
25.4 mm (1.0 in)
1970
24.4 mm (1.0 in)
1971
25.4 mm (1.0 in)
1972
23.6 mm (0.9 in)
1973
13.0 mm (0.5 in)
1974
18.8 mm (0.7 in)
1975
18.3 mm (0.7 in)
1976
16.0 mm (0.6 in)
1977
25.1 mm (1.0 in)
1978
16.3 mm (0.6 in)
1979
22.9 mm (0.9 in)
1980
14.0 mm (0.6 in)
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
The wettest five days of the year at Burns WSO City, 1939 to 1980. The record is 87.9 mm (3.5 in) in 1962, marked on the chart; the median year is 36.8 mm (1.4 in).
Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Burns WSO City by year
Year
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1939
24.4 mm (1.0 in)
1940
39.8 mm (1.6 in)
1941
37.3 mm (1.5 in)
1942
40.7 mm (1.6 in)
1943
22.1 mm (0.9 in)
1944
43.5 mm (1.7 in)
1945
55.2 mm (2.2 in)
1946
24.6 mm (1.0 in)
1947
40.1 mm (1.6 in)
1948
50.5 mm (2.0 in)
1949
17.8 mm (0.7 in)
1950
37.1 mm (1.5 in)
1951
36.2 mm (1.4 in)
1952
28.0 mm (1.1 in)
1953
56.9 mm (2.2 in)
1954
24.2 mm (1.0 in)
1955
36.3 mm (1.4 in)
1956
45.2 mm (1.8 in)
1957
26.5 mm (1.0 in)
1958
40.9 mm (1.6 in)
1959
38.9 mm (1.5 in)
1960
31.3 mm (1.2 in)
1961
35.5 mm (1.4 in)
1962
87.9 mm (3.5 in)
1963
45.3 mm (1.8 in)
1964
87.7 mm (3.5 in)
1965
35.7 mm (1.4 in)
1966
27.4 mm (1.1 in)
1967
35.0 mm (1.4 in)
1968
32.8 mm (1.3 in)
1969
42.1 mm (1.7 in)
1970
54.4 mm (2.1 in)
1971
40.6 mm (1.6 in)
1972
41.8 mm (1.6 in)
1973
29.8 mm (1.2 in)
1974
27.9 mm (1.1 in)
1975
36.4 mm (1.4 in)
1976
31.2 mm (1.2 in)
1977
46.4 mm (1.8 in)
1978
27.8 mm (1.1 in)
1979
60.2 mm (2.4 in)
1980
32.5 mm (1.3 in)
Longest dry spell (CDD)
The longest dry spell of the year at Burns WSO City, 1939 to 1980. The record is 83 days in 1974, marked on the chart; the median year is 50 days.
Longest dry spell (CDD) at Burns WSO City by year
Year
Longest dry spell (CDD)
1939
70 days
1940
58 days
1941
31 days
1942
61 days
1943
42 days
1944
39 days
1945
71 days
1946
28 days
1947
64 days
1948
35 days
1949
64 days
1950
44 days
1951
56 days
1952
61 days
1953
56 days
1954
49 days
1955
47 days
1956
44 days
1957
55 days
1958
25 days
1959
47 days
1960
63 days
1961
40 days
1962
68 days
1963
27 days
1964
35 days
1965
50 days
1966
38 days
1967
76 days
1968
50 days
1969
74 days
1970
68 days
1971
33 days
1972
62 days
1973
46 days
1974
83 days
1975
45 days
1976
47 days
1977
53 days
1978
58 days
1979
47 days
1980
17 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
41 years with a frost
Across 41 years with a frost, the median last spring frost at Burns WSO City falls on 5 June and the median first autumn frost on 17 September, which leaves a median of 109 days between them.
Fitted over all years, the growing season changes by +5.4 days per decade at this station.
Frost dates and growing season at Burns WSO City
Measure
Median, all years
Earliest period
Recent period (1950 to 1979)
Recent against earliest
Fitted trend
Last spring frost
5 June
n/a
30 May
n/a
-2.5 days per decade
First autumn frost
17 September
n/a
20 September
n/a
+2.9 days per decade
Growing days
109 days
n/a
112 days
n/a
+5.4 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.
Rainfall Return Levels
41 years, 1939 to 1979
A day with at least 20.4 mm (0.8 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 46.1 mm (1.8 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.
Rainfall return levels at Burns WSO City: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in
A day with at least
Note
2 years
20.4 mm (0.8 in)
5 years
27.1 mm (1.1 in)
10 years
31.6 mm (1.2 in)
25 years
37.3 mm (1.5 in)
50 years
41.7 mm (1.6 in)
Longer than the 41 years of record
100 years
46.1 mm (1.8 in)
Longer than the 41 years of record
The levels come from a generalised extreme value (GEV) distribution fitted by L-moments to the wettest-day total of each year, 41 years of values from 1939 to 1979.
A return level is an estimate. It is least reliable for the long periods, 50 and 100 years, and for any period longer than the record behind the fit, where the fit has to reach past the largest day actually observed. It is not a forecast.
The largest wettest-day totals in the fit: 44.2 mm (1.7 in) in 1964; 42.4 mm (1.7 in) in 1948; 32.0 mm (1.3 in) in 1945.
Station Changes
No change in the annual mean temperature of this station was found against its neighbours.
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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 2026-10-16 (16 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.