McKay, OR Climate

McKay, OR is situated in a temperate climate zone. The summers are typically warm and dry with temperatures reaching highs of 70-80 degrees Fahrenheit throughout the day. Winters are cooler with temperatures dropping to freezing during the night, but going back up to the mid 40s during the day. Rainfall is moderate throughout the year, with an average of around 25 inches per year. Snowfall is light during the winter months and there are minimal storms or extreme weather events seen in McKay, OR.

Climate	McKay, Oregon	United States
Rainfall		38.1

Climate

YOU SHOULD KNOW

Many people confuse weather and climate but they are different. Weather is the conditions of the atmosphere over a short period of time, and climate is how the atmosphere is over long periods of time.

Weather is how the atmosphere is behaving and its effects upon life and human activities. Weather can change from minute-to-minute. Most people think of weather in terms of temperature, humidity, precipitation, cloudiness, brightness, visibility, wind, and atmospheric pressure.

Climate is the description of the long-term pattern of weather in a place. Climate can mean the average weather for a particular region and time period taken over 30 years. Climate is the average of weather over time.