Short-term climate trends and the Swiss needle cast epidemic in Oregon’s public and private coastal forestlands

•Short-term climate trends can change foliage disease occurrence.•Swiss Needle Cast (SNC) symptoms are primarily in young plantation forests.•Effect of climate trends on SNC symptom distribution differ between ownerships.•Trends in Land Surface Temperature emerge as important in symptom distribution.•Distance to coast has a different effect on symptom distribution across ownerships.