Where is the hiking weather best in Central Oregon?

Each day is scored for 9 AM to 3 PM. Temperature counts most: the best hiking runs from the low 50s to about 70. Heat costs more than cold, so a 95° day scores poor while a sunny 45° day still scores well. Gusts count for a quarter of the score, and cloud cover a little.

A 35% chance of rain takes a fifth off, and steady rain half. Wildfire smoke cuts the score hard: at an air quality index of 150, half is left. With 6 inches or more of snow on the ground, a quarter comes off, since the trail needs snowshoes or traction.

Sources: hourly forecast from Open-Meteo, updated hourly. Smoke from the hourly wildfire-smoke forecast on the smoke forecast page. Snow on the ground from the forecast model.