Editing Burns, Oregon (section)

===Climate===
Burns has a [[semi-arid]] [[continental climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]] ''BSk'') bordering upon a [[continental Mediterranean climate]] (''Dsb'') that averages 99 days with precipitation each year.{{sfn|Taylor|Hannan|1999|p=15}} Cloud cover varies from an average of 25 percent in July to 76 percent in January.{{sfn|Taylor|Hannan|1999|p=38}} Normal annual precipitation amounts to about {{convert|11|in|mm|0|disp=or}}, including {{convert|34|in|cm|0|disp=or}} of snow.<ref name="NOAA NOWData"/> The average relative humidity, measured at 4 p.m. daily, is 42&nbsp;percent, varying from 21&nbsp;percent in July to 68&nbsp;percent in December and January.{{sfn|Taylor|Hannan|1999|p=35}} The normal monthly daily average temperature ranges from about {{convert|24|°F|0}} in December to {{convert|67|°F|0}} in July.<ref name="NOAA NOWData"/> On average, highs reach {{convert|90|°F|0}} on 24 days annually and stay at or below the freezing mark on 31&nbsp;days, while lows fall to or below {{convert|0|°F|0}} on an average of 11 nights.<ref name="NOAA NOWData"/> The average first and last occurrences of freezing temperatures are September 2 and June 21, respectively, allowing a growing season of 72&nbsp;days.<ref name="NOAA NOWData"/>

In January 1950, during a series of snowstorms the [[National Weather Service]] has identified as one of Oregon's top 10 weather events of the 20th&nbsp;century, about {{convert|32|in|cm|0}} of snow fell on Burns.<ref name="Weather Events">{{cite web|title=Oregon's Top 10 Weather Events of 1900s|url=http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/pqr/paststorms/index.php|publisher=National Weather Service|access-date=April 10, 2013|archive-date=May 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170506201152/http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/pqr/paststorms/index.php|url-status=live}}</ref> During another top-10 event, which occurred in February 1933, the temperature at Seneca reached {{convert|-54|F|C|0}}, the lowest ever recorded in Oregon.<ref name="Weather Events"/> By highway, Seneca is about {{convert|45|mi|km}} north of Burns in the Blue Mountains.<ref>{{cite book|title=The 2013 Road Atlas|year=2013|publisher=Rand McNally|location=Chicago|page=85|isbn=978-0-528-00622-7}}</ref> At Burns itself, record temperatures since 1939 range from {{convert|−30|°F|0}} on December 8, 2013, up to {{convert|107|°F|0}} on July 12, 2002; the record low maximum is {{convert|−3|°F|0}} on January 6, 1982, and December 21, 1990, while the record high minimum is {{convert|73|°F|0}} on July 27 and 30, 1939.<ref name="NOAA NOWData"/>

In late March and early April 2025, the Silvies River overflowed its banks, breached a levy, inundated parts of the city, overwhelming its sewer system. About 1,400 people were asked to evacuate from Burns and the Burns Paiute Reservation during the height of the flood. Rapid snow melt along recent forest-fire burn scars upstream of the city contributed to the flood.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sierra |first=Antonio |title=Flood Survivors Hold on for Help as Kotek Tours Damage in Harney County|website=Oregon Public Broadcasting|url=https://www.opb.org/article/2025/04/11/kotek-tours-flood-damage-harney-county/|date=April 11, 2025|access-date=April 15, 2025 }}</ref>
  

{{Weather box
|location = Burns, Oregon (1991–2020 normals,{{efn|Mean monthly maxima and minima (i.e. the expected highest and lowest temperature readings at any point during the year or given month) calculated based on data at said location from 1991 to 2020.}} extremes 1939–present)
|single line = Y
|collapsed = Y
|Jan high F = 36.7
|Feb high F = 41.7
|Mar high F = 51.1
|Apr high F = 58.1
|May high F = 68.2
|Jun high F = 76.7
|Jul high F = 88.7
|Aug high F = 87.2
|Sep high F = 78.2
|Oct high F = 63.1
|Nov high F = 47.3
|Dec high F = 36.4
|year high F= 61.1

|Jan mean F = 26.5
|Feb mean F = 31.0
|Mar mean F = 38.7
|Apr mean F = 43.9
|May mean F = 52.8
|Jun mean F = 59.7
|Jul mean F = 68.6
|Aug mean F = 66.5
|Sep mean F = 57.8
|Oct mean F = 45.6
|Nov mean F = 34.7
|Dec mean F = 25.9
|year mean F =

|Jan low F = 16.3
|Feb low F = 20.2
|Mar low F = 26.3
|Apr low F = 29.8
|May low F = 37.4
|Jun low F = 42.6
|Jul low F = 48.6
|Aug low F = 45.8
|Sep low F = 37.4
|Oct low F = 28.0
|Nov low F = 22.1
|Dec low F = 15.5
|year low F= 30.8

|Jan avg record high F = 47.9
|Feb avg record high F = 52.1
|Mar avg record high F = 66.4
|Apr avg record high F = 75.0
|May avg record high F = 84.7
|Jun avg record high F = 91.8
|Jul avg record high F = 98.2
|Aug avg record high F = 97.2
|Sep avg record high F = 91.4
|Oct avg record high F = 79.9
|Nov avg record high F = 63.5
|Dec avg record high F = 49.1
|year avg record high F= 99.3
|Jan avg record low F =  -5.0
|Feb avg record low F =  2.6
|Mar avg record low F =  11.7
|Apr avg record low F =  17.4
|May avg record low F =  21.6
|Jun avg record low F =  28.2
|Jul avg record low F =  36.3
|Aug avg record low F =  32.7
|Sep avg record low F =  23.6
|Oct avg record low F =  12.0
|Nov avg record low F =   2.6
|Dec avg record low F =  -6.0
|year avg record low F= −12.7

|Jan record high F =  58
|Feb record high F =  67
|Mar record high F =  76
|Apr record high F =  86
|May record high F =  94
|Jun record high F = 102
|Jul record high F = 107
|Aug record high F = 104
|Sep record high F = 102
|Oct record high F =  91
|Nov record high F =  71
|Dec record high F =  61

|Jan record low F = −27
|Feb record low F = −28
|Mar record low F = −14
|Apr record low F =  10
|May record low F =  13
|Jun record low F =  21
|Jul record low F =  25
|Aug record low F =  22
|Sep record low F =  17
|Oct record low F =  −7
|Nov record low F = −17
|Dec record low F = −30
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation inch = 1.33
|Feb precipitation inch = 0.95
|Mar precipitation inch = 0.96
|Apr precipitation inch = 0.94
|May precipitation inch = 1.27
|Jun precipitation inch = 0.73
|Jul precipitation inch = 0.29
|Aug precipitation inch = 0.25
|Sep precipitation inch = 0.38
|Oct precipitation inch = 0.77
|Nov precipitation inch = 1.02
|Dec precipitation inch = 1.52
|year precipitation inch=
|Jul snow inch =  0.0
|Aug snow inch =  0.0
|Sep snow inch =  0.0
|Oct snow inch =  0.4
|Nov snow inch =  6.0
|Dec snow inch = 10.6
|Jan snow inch = 5.6
|Feb snow inch =  6.7
|Mar snow inch =  3.8
|Apr snow inch =  0.7
|May snow inch =  0.2
|Jun snow inch =  0.0
|year snow inch= 34.0

|unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
|Jan precipitation days = 10.4
|Feb precipitation days = 10.0
|Mar precipitation days = 10.7
|Apr precipitation days =  9.5
|May precipitation days =  9.2
|Jun precipitation days =  5.2
|Jul precipitation days =  2.7
|Aug precipitation days =  2.4
|Sep precipitation days =  3.3
|Oct precipitation days =  6.1
|Nov precipitation days = 10.1
|Dec precipitation days = 11.8
|unit snow days = 0.1 in
|Jul snow days = 0.0
|Aug snow days = 0.0
|Sep snow days = 0.0
|Oct snow days = 0.8
|Nov snow days = 5.3
|Dec snow days = 7.3
|Jan snow days = 6.0
|Feb snow days = 5.6
|Mar snow days = 4.3
|Apr snow days = 1.4
|May snow days = 0.4
|Jun snow days = 0.0
|source 1 = NOAA<ref name="NOAA NOWData">{{Cite web |url=https://www.weather.gov/wrh/climate?wfo=boi |title=NOWData – NOAA Online Weather Data |publisher=NOAA |access-date=2020-09-09 |archive-date=2017-05-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170526165646/https://www.weather.gov/climate/xmacis.php?wfo=boi |url-status=live }}</ref>
|source 2 = NOAA NCEI (snow/snow days 1981&ndash;2010)<ref name= "NOAA NCEI">{{cite web  |url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/us-climate-normals/#dataset=normals-monthly&timeframe=30&station=USW00094185
  |title = NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access  |publisher = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]]
  |access-date = 2021-08-11}}</ref><ref>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly&stations=USW00094185&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|title = U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access – Station: Burns Municipal Airport, OR (1981&ndash;2010)
|access-date = April 29, 2023
}}
</ref>
}}
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