College Place, WA

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from WHITMAN MISSION, WA US.

BSk Semi-arid (cold) climate 8a USDA hardiness Zone 8a

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

College Place has an annual average temperature of 51.7°F with about 15.4 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 90.4°F), and the coldest is December (average low 26.9°F). May is typically the wettest month (1.80 in) and July the driest (0.38 in).

Annual swing
37.9°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
5,154
Cooling need
381

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

50 of 366 (13.7%) of College Place's all-time daily heat records have been set since 2015. If records were spread evenly across the station's history, only about 5% would fall in any given decade.

1960s
53
1970s
68
1980s
65
1990s
64
2000s
45
2010s
36
2020s
35

Bars: number of all-time daily heat records still standing that were set in each decade.

Monthly averages

Month Avg High Avg Low Avg Temp Precipitation Snow Rainy days
January 42.2°F 27.4°F 34.8°F 1.68 in
February 47.6°F 28.3°F 37.9°F 1.38 in
March 57.1°F 32.3°F 44.7°F 1.70 in
April 64.6°F 36.8°F 50.7°F 1.53 in
May 73.1°F 43.8°F 58.4°F 1.80 in
June 79.9°F 49.4°F 64.6°F 1.14 in
July 90.4°F 53.6°F 72.0°F 0.38 in
August 89.8°F 51.6°F 70.7°F 0.40 in
September 80.2°F 43.7°F 61.9°F 0.68 in
October 65.5°F 35.6°F 50.5°F 1.30 in
November 50.4°F 30.8°F 40.6°F 1.67 in
December 41.2°F 26.9°F 34.1°F 1.73 in

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