Climate & Weather in McMinnville
McMinnville shares the broader Willamette Valley's real marine west coast climate -- short, warm, dry summers and long, wet, mild winters -- a genuinely different, wetter climate than Central or Southern Oregon markets covered elsewhere in this manifest.
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McMinnville's average annual temperature runs 51.9°F, with August the warmest month (around 68°F average high) and December the coldest (39.3°F average high) -- annual temperatures typically range from 36°F to 84°F.
Real, wet winters concentrated November through March
Annual precipitation runs approximately 43.6 inches, heavily concentrated in December (the wettest month, ~8.1 inches across ~21 rainy days) versus July (the driest, ~0.3 inches across ~3 rainy days) -- exactly the cool, wet-winter/dry-summer pattern that underpins the Willamette Valley AVA's suitability for Pinot Noir.
A genuinely different climate from Central and Southern Oregon
McMinnville's wetter marine climate stands in real, disclosed contrast to Bend's and Redmond's high-desert climate (each under 12 inches of annual precipitation) and Ashland's rain-shadow-influenced climate (around 20 inches) -- both covered elsewhere in this manifest.
Key takeaways
- McMinnville's average annual temperature runs 51.9°F, with a real annual range of roughly 36°F to 84°F.
- Annual precipitation runs approximately 43.6 inches, concentrated heavily November through March.
- McMinnville's wetter marine climate genuinely differs from Central Oregon's high-desert or Southern Oregon's rain-shadow climate.
- McMinnville's cool, wet-winter/dry-summer pattern directly underpins the Willamette Valley AVA's Pinot Noir suitability.
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