Cathy Hegman, Visual Art. I have decided that there is no way to make my mind slow down, unless I commit the thoughts to paper or canvas. There is a time of rest in between finished works, that is brief but so welcomed. I have not attained that feeling lately; as I have four or five paintings in the [...
Bend's climate is typical of the high desert with cool nights and sunny days, classified as semi-arid (KÃ¶ppen BSk). Annual precipitation averages 11.2 in (280 mm), with an annual average snowfall of 23.8 inches (60.5 cm). The winter season in Bend provides a mean temperature of 31.1 Â°F (â0.5 Â°C) in December. Nighttime temperatures are not much lower than daytime highs during the winter.
The tables below give monthly averages for rainfall plus snowfall during January at cities, towns and parks in Oregon. Each place has a total for the amount of precipitation it usually receives this month. Most sites also have information on the number of days with wet weather. That includes the days when precipitation amounts to 0.01 inches (0.25 millimetres) or more. The precipitation totals are averages based on weather data collected from 1981 to 2010 for the NOAA National Climatic Data Center. You can jump to a separate table for each region of the state: Oregon Coast, Willamette Valley, Cascade Mountains, Central Oregon and Eastern Oregon.