Moses Lake, WA

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from MOSES LAKE GRANT CO AP, WA US.

BWk Desert (cold) climate 7b USDA hardiness Zone 7b

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Moses Lake has an annual average temperature of 50.9°F with about 7.8 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 89.7°F), and the coldest is December (average low 23.5°F). December is typically the wettest month (1.11 in) and August the driest (0.15 in).

Annual swing
43.5°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
5,583
Cooling need
504

Best time to visit Moses Lake

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

139 of 366 (38%) of Moses 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.

1940s
10
1950s
64
1960s
23
1990s
22
2000s
63
2010s
97
2020s
87

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 36.4°F 23.8°F 30.1°F 1.02 in 10
February 44.1°F 26.6°F 35.3°F 0.65 in 7
March 54.9°F 31.7°F 43.3°F 0.73 in 7
April 63.7°F 37.3°F 50.5°F 0.65 in 6
May 73.7°F 45.4°F 59.5°F 0.72 in 6
June 80.4°F 52.0°F 66.2°F 0.73 in 5
July 89.7°F 57.2°F 73.4°F 0.26 in 2
August 88.3°F 56.1°F 72.2°F 0.15 in 2
September 78.7°F 47.0°F 62.8°F 0.26 in 3
October 62.8°F 36.9°F 49.9°F 0.66 in 7
November 46.3°F 28.8°F 37.6°F 0.87 in 10
December 36.2°F 23.5°F 29.9°F 1.11 in 10

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