Brothers, Oregon
History
Originally a stagecoach stop between Burns and Prineville, the Brothers Stage Stop was built in 1912. It was a gas station, restaurant, and post office up until around 2018. It has changed owners a few times over the years and is currently not in operation.
Brothers post office was established in 1913. One source says that the name comes from several families of brothers who settled in the area, including the Stenkamp Brothers and Varco(e) Brothers, while another notes that there was a local Three Brothers Sheep Camp, named for three nearby hills that had the Three Sisters mountains looming behind them.
Vast tracts of uninhabited land covered with sagebrush surround Brothers, which are often used for model and high power rocket launches by Oregon Rocketry which has one of the highest Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) airspace waivers in the United States at 35,500 feet (10,800 m).
Climate
This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above 71.6 °F. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Brothers has a steppe climate, abbreviated "BSk" on climate maps.
| Climate data for Brothers, Oregon, 1991–2020 normals, 1959-2020 extremes: 4640ft (1414m) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 61 (16) |
67 (19) |
73 (23) |
85 (29) |
94 (34) |
96 (36) |
102 (39) |
103 (39) |
97 (36) |
88 (31) |
72 (22) |
61 (16) |
103 (39) |
| Mean maximum °F (°C) | 51.0 (10.6) |
54.8 (12.7) |
64.1 (17.8) |
74.1 (23.4) |
83.0 (28.3) |
87.9 (31.1) |
94.3 (34.6) |
93.4 (34.1) |
88.1 (31.2) |
77.7 (25.4) |
63.1 (17.3) |
50.3 (10.2) |
95.7 (35.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 37.4 (3.0) |
40.0 (4.4) |
47.2 (8.4) |
54.3 (12.4) |
63.0 (17.2) |
70.6 (21.4) |
82.1 (27.8) |
81.4 (27.4) |
73.1 (22.8) |
59.6 (15.3) |
45.6 (7.6) |
36.6 (2.6) |
57.6 (14.2) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 27.7 (−2.4) |
30.1 (−1.1) |
34.6 (1.4) |
39.3 (4.1) |
47.4 (8.6) |
54.3 (12.4) |
63.4 (17.4) |
62.3 (16.8) |
54.7 (12.6) |
43.9 (6.6) |
33.4 (0.8) |
26.8 (−2.9) |
43.2 (6.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 18.0 (−7.8) |
20.1 (−6.6) |
22.0 (−5.6) |
24.3 (−4.3) |
31.8 (−0.1) |
38.0 (3.3) |
44.7 (7.1) |
43.2 (6.2) |
36.3 (2.4) |
28.2 (−2.1) |
21.3 (−5.9) |
17.0 (−8.3) |
28.7 (−1.8) |
| Mean minimum °F (°C) | −0.7 (−18.2) |
1.5 (−16.9) |
10.6 (−11.9) |
13.4 (−10.3) |
16.9 (−8.4) |
24.1 (−4.4) |
30.4 (−0.9) |
29.3 (−1.5) |
20.8 (−6.2) |
13.9 (−10.1) |
4.1 (−15.5) |
−2.8 (−19.3) |
−9.0 (−22.8) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −30 (−34) |
−19 (−28) |
−10 (−23) |
1 (−17) |
8 (−13) |
12 (−11) |
18 (−8) |
20 (−7) |
10 (−12) |
1 (−17) |
−16 (−27) |
−30 (−34) |
−30 (−34) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 0.97 (25) |
0.66 (17) |
0.60 (15) |
0.57 (14) |
1.10 (28) |
0.78 (20) |
0.48 (12) |
0.42 (11) |
0.53 (13) |
0.62 (16) |
0.89 (23) |
1.48 (38) |
9.1 (232) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 8.1 (21) |
4.0 (10) |
1.3 (3.3) |
0.8 (2.0) |
0.2 (0.51) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.3 (0.76) |
3.6 (9.1) |
6.7 (17) |
25 (63.67) |
| Source 1: NOAA (1981-2010 precip/snowfall) | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: XMACIS2 (records & 1981-2010 monthly max/mins) | |||||||||||||
| Climate data for Brothers | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 61 (16) |
67 (19) |
73 (23) |
85 (29) |
92 (33) |
96 (36) |
102 (39) |
103 (39) |
97 (36) |
88 (31) |
72 (22) |
61 (16) |
103 (39) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 37.6 (3.1) |
42.1 (5.6) |
48.1 (8.9) |
55.4 (13.0) |
63.9 (17.7) |
72.3 (22.4) |
82.4 (28.0) |
81 (27) |
73.1 (22.8) |
61.6 (16.4) |
45.8 (7.7) |
37.7 (3.2) |
58.4 (14.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 17.2 (−8.2) |
20.3 (−6.5) |
22.5 (−5.3) |
24.9 (−3.9) |
31.2 (−0.4) |
37.6 (3.1) |
42.9 (6.1) |
41.6 (5.3) |
34.3 (1.3) |
28 (−2) |
22.3 (−5.4) |
17.1 (−8.3) |
28.3 (−2.1) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −30 (−34) |
−19 (−28) |
−10 (−23) |
1 (−17) |
8 (−13) |
12 (−11) |
18 (−8) |
20 (−7) |
10 (−12) |
1 (−17) |
−16 (−27) |
−30 (−34) |
−30 (−34) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 0.94 (24) |
0.48 (12) |
0.57 (14) |
0.63 (16) |
1.06 (27) |
0.9 (23) |
0.52 (13) |
0.57 (14) |
0.47 (12) |
0.67 (17) |
1.1 (28) |
1.08 (27) |
8.99 (228) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 7.7 (20) |
3.1 (7.9) |
2.4 (6.1) |
1.5 (3.8) |
0.6 (1.5) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0.6 (1.5) |
3.4 (8.6) |
6.9 (18) |
26.2 (67) |
| Average precipitation days | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 63 |
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Transportation
In the 21st century, Brothers is a stop on the Eastern POINT intercity bus line between Bend and Ontario. It makes one stop per day in each direction.
Education
In 1969 the local school had eight students.