Medical Lake, WA
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from SPOKANE WFO, WA US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Medical Lake has an annual average temperature of 46.4°F with about 17.4 inches of precipitation per year and 48.2 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 83.4°F), and the coldest is December (average low 22.0°F). December is typically the wettest month (2.44 in) and August the driest (0.42 in). Snow typically falls from October through May.
Best time to visit Medical Lake
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All-time records →157 of 366 (42.9%) of Medical Lake'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.
| 1990s | 45 | |
| 2000s | 124 | |
| 2010s | 106 | |
| 2020s | 91 |
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 | 33.4°F | 22.6°F | 28.0°F | 2.01 in | 13.0 in | 14 |
| February | 38.5°F | 24.0°F | 31.3°F | 1.42 in | 6.8 in | 11 |
| March | 48.2°F | 29.1°F | 38.6°F | 1.84 in | 4.6 in | 13 |
| April | 56.8°F | 34.0°F | 45.4°F | 1.46 in | 1.3 in | 10 |
| May | 66.0°F | 41.3°F | 53.6°F | 1.57 in | 0.3 in | 10 |
| June | 72.3°F | 46.5°F | 59.4°F | 1.42 in | — | 8 |
| July | 83.4°F | 51.8°F | 67.6°F | 0.50 in | — | 3 |
| August | 83.3°F | 51.0°F | 67.2°F | 0.42 in | — | 4 |
| September | 73.4°F | 42.9°F | 58.2°F | 0.61 in | 0.1 in | 5 |
| October | 56.9°F | 33.6°F | 45.3°F | 1.51 in | 0.5 in | 10 |
| November | 41.4°F | 27.4°F | 34.4°F | 2.20 in | 6.1 in | 13 |
| December | 32.4°F | 22.0°F | 27.2°F | 2.44 in | 15.5 in | 15 |
Climate twins of Medical Lake
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