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Has the climate in Keizer changed?

Keizer has warmed about 1.4°F between 1971 and 2012.

About 0.3°F per decade, measured from Keizer's official daily weather records, 1971–2012. Individual years still bounce around — some recent ones came in cool — but the long-term line has clearly risen.

Is that a lot? Keizer's climate has warmed more slowly 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
15 fewer nights
1970s
55 / yr
Recent
40 / yr
Milder winters — fewer frosts
Average temperature
+1.0°F
1970s
52.5°F
Recent
53.5°F
A steady upward drift
Hot days above 90°F
2 more days
1970s
14 / yr
Recent
16 / yr
More days of serious heat
Rainy days
29 fewer days
1970s
135 / yr
Recent
106 / yr
Drier on average

Keizer's temperature, year by year

Average temperature for each year from 1971 to 2012.

50°52°54°56°1971: 51.3°F1972: 51.5°F1974: 53.2°F1975: 51.3°F1976: 52.3°F1977: 52.7°F1978: 53.6°F1979: 53.3°F1980: 51.7°F1981: 53.6°F1982: 52.2°F1983: 53.2°F1984: 52.2°F1985: 51.1°F1986: 54.0°F1987: 54.3°F1988: 53.4°F1989: 52.8°F1991: 53.4°F1992: 55.4°F1993: 53.0°F1994: 55.1°F1995: 54.1°F1996: 53.0°F1997: 53.9°F1998: 54.0°F1999: 52.2°F2000: 53.5°F2001: 53.2°F2002: 53.1°F2003: 54.4°F2004: 54.1°F2005: 53.2°F2006: 54.0°F2007: 52.9°F2008: 54.1°F2009: 53.3°F2010: 54.0°F2011: 51.7°F2012: 53.3°Flong-term trend19711980200020102012
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 12 fewer freezing nights a year 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°January: +0.6°F+0.6JFebruary: +0.1°F+0.1FMarch: +0.0°F+0.0MApril: +0.3°F+0.3AMay: +1.6°F+1.6MJune: +1.4°F+1.4JJuly: +2.1°F+2.1JAugust: +1.4°F+1.4ASeptember: +1.4°F+1.4SOctober: +0.4°F+0.4ONovember: -0.4°F-0.4NDecember: +0.2°F+0.2D

July has warmed the most — about 2.1°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 75 km from the city centre.

How we build these numbers →