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Hermiston, Oregon is a progressive, growth-oriented urban center with a total trade area
population of 320,900. In five years, the area is projected to have a trade area population of 355,000, a difference of 10.9% from the current-year estimate.

With the combination of a growing population, and affordable housing Hermiston continues to expand its available workforce which enables us to attract new and innovative industries.The
City of Hermiston welcomes you to this site, and we hope the information you find here is
helpful.

Average Temperature	Low: 26F	High: 88F
Average Summer Temperature	Low 54F	High 86F
Average Precipitation	9.060 inches
Hottest month	July
Coldest month	December
Wettest Month	December

We are open to suggestions and would welcome your comments. E-mail us at city@hermiston.or.us or call Ray Jones, Assistant City Manager, at (541) 567-5521.

Hermiston has been the right place for the right times. Located in a relatively dry section of the
state of Oregon, positioned between the Cascade Mountains to the west and the Blue
Mountains to the East, Hermiston is placed in a unique geographical area that offers an
extended growing season and a variety of agricultural crops and products. The immediate Hermiston area has been able to diversify its economy with food processing, cold storage
and warehousing and distribution facilities. You’ll find us at the junction of two interstate
freeway systems as well as a major north-south arterial, we are located within easy driving distances of Spokane, Boise, Seattle and Portland as well as cities in Montana, Utah,
Wyoming, California and British Columbia. We are also home to the Union Pacific Railroad switching facility and adjacent to a refrigerator cargo dock for transportation on the Columbia
River transportation system. In addition to being on major freeways, Rail and River systems
we are based on the information super highway with a redundant fiber optic communications system with connectivity to both Portland, Oregon and Seattle, Washington telecommunication hubs. Just as we are the right place for a diversity of business, we are the right place for a
diversity of people and interests. We offer and abundance of outdoor, civic and cultural activities
that make our community very saleable to employees and management alike. Striving for
a better future, we are the future of Eastern Oregon.

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