Grants Pass Weather

Current temperature and conditions for Grants Pass are shown at the top of this page, updated every 10 minutes from a personal weather station located in Grants Pass. Grants Pass typically enjoys a mild climate with hot, dry summers and cool, wet winters.

A personal weather station (PWS) is a privately owned set of weather instruments that measures local conditions including temperature, humidity, wind speed and direction, barometric pressure, and rainfall. Unlike official airport readings, a PWS captures hyperlocal conditions specific to its immediate neighborhood.

Modern personal weather stations are quite accurate when properly sited and maintained. The Grants Pass Weather station uses professional-grade sensors connected via Meteobridge, providing readings that often differ from the official Medford airport measurement due to the distance between the two locations.

Grants Pass sits at approximately 945 feet (288 meters) above sea level in the Rogue River Valley in Josephine County, Oregon. This relatively low elevation for Oregon contributes to its mild climate and one of the warmest average temperatures in the state.

The official surface observation closest to Grants Pass is K3S8, the AWOS station at Grants Pass Airport, located about 5 miles northwest of the city at 1,130 feet elevation. Airport stations are sited on open tarmac and may read differently than residential neighborhoods, particularly during overnight cold air drainage, fog events, and calm summer mornings. The Medford airport (KMFR), about 30 miles east, is used by the NWS for some official records and can differ even more significantly due to distance and valley position.