Kittitas, WA

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

BSk Semi-arid (cold) climate 7b USDA hardiness Zone 7b

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Kittitas has an annual average temperature of 47.7°F with about 9 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 84.8°F), and the coldest is January (average low 20.2°F). December is typically the wettest month (1.45 in) and August the driest (0.18 in).

Annual swing
41.6°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
6,447
Cooling need
222

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

48 of 366 (13.1%) of Kittitas'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.

1890s
9
1900s
21
1910s
24
1920s
70
1930s
64
1940s
7
1950s
5
1960s
26
1970s
25
1980s
18
1990s
20
2000s
20
2010s
27
2020s
30

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 35.0°F 20.2°F 27.6°F 1.19 in 10
February 42.6°F 22.4°F 32.5°F 0.82 in 7
March 52.1°F 27.6°F 39.8°F 0.80 in 8
April 60.1°F 33.7°F 46.9°F 0.63 in 7
May 69.3°F 42.1°F 55.7°F 0.81 in 7
June 75.6°F 48.2°F 61.9°F 0.55 in 6
July 84.8°F 53.6°F 69.2°F 0.31 in 3
August 84.5°F 51.9°F 68.2°F 0.18 in 2
September 76.1°F 43.4°F 59.8°F 0.33 in 3
October 61.5°F 33.5°F 47.5°F 0.82 in 7
November 45.5°F 25.9°F 35.7°F 1.10 in 9
December 35.0°F 20.3°F 27.7°F 1.45 in 11

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