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Has the climate in Bethany changed?

Bethany has warmed about 2.2°F since 1999.

About 0.8°F per decade, measured from Bethany's official daily weather records, 1999–2025. Individual years still bounce around — some recent ones came in cool — but the long-term line has clearly risen.

Is that a lot? Bethany's climate has warmed faster than most other cities in United States.

What has actually changed

Each card compares the 1970s (the first ten years of the record) with recent years (the last ten) — the same span the headline and the chart use.

Freezing nights
8 fewer nights
1970s
67 / yr
Recent
59 / yr
Milder winters — fewer frosts
Average temperature
+1.1°F
1970s
52.2°F
Recent
53.3°F
A steady upward drift
Hot days above 90°F
10 more days
1970s
15 / yr
Recent
25 / yr
More days of serious heat
Rainy days
23 fewer days
1970s
167 / yr
Recent
144 / yr
Drier on average

Bethany's temperature, year by year

Average temperature for each year from 1999 to 2025.

49°51°53°55°1999: 51.6°F2000: 51.3°F2001: 51.3°F2002: 51.9°F2003: 53.8°F2004: 53.7°F2005: 52.0°F2006: 52.6°F2007: 51.2°F2008: 50.6°F2009: 51.3°F2010: 52.1°F2011: 50.4°F2012: 52.0°F2013: 51.7°F2014: 54.0°F2015: 54.9°F2016: 54.2°F2017: 52.7°F2018: 53.6°F2019: 52.3°F2020: 53.5°F2021: 53.4°F2022: 52.7°F2023: 53.6°F2024: 53.6°F2025: 54.4°Flong-term trend19992000201020202025
a warmer-than-average year a cooler-than-average year

Each bar is one year. Most recent years sit above the older ones. Some recent years still came in cool — warming is a slope, not a straight climb.

In day-to-day terms, that long-term shift shows up as about 13 more freezing nights a year and about 7 more days above 90°F compared with the 1970s.

When in the year the change shows up

How much warmer each month is now than in the 1970s. Useful if you garden or care about a particular season — otherwise the headline above already has the answer.

-0.5°0.0°+0.5°+1.0°+1.5°+2.0°+2.5°+3.0°+3.5°January: +0.8°F+0.8JFebruary: +0.0°F+0.0FMarch: +2.4°F+2.4MApril: +0.3°F+0.3AMay: +3.0°F+3.0MJune: +0.9°F+0.9JJuly: +1.8°F+1.8JAugust: +1.7°F+1.7ASeptember: +0.8°F+0.8SOctober: +0.8°F+0.8ONovember: -0.2°F-0.2NDecember: -0.0°F-0.0D

May has warmed the most — about 3.1°F. The warming runs across the whole year, not just one season.

Methodology & sources

Temperature — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals, measured at Portland Intl AP (NOAA GHCN station USW00024229), about 21 km from the city centre.

How we build these numbers →