What is the hottest month in Oakesdale?

August is the warmest month in Oakesdale, with an average high of 85.7°F.

What is the coldest month in Oakesdale?

December is the coldest month in Oakesdale, with an average low of 24.4°F.

What month does Oakesdale get the most rain?

December is typically the wettest month in Oakesdale, with about 2.66 inches of precipitation.

What plant hardiness zone is Oakesdale in?

Oakesdale is approximately in USDA plant hardiness Zone 7b, based on the average annual extreme minimum temperature.

Has the climate in Oakesdale changed recently?

15.6% of Oakesdale's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (since 2015), compared to roughly 5% if records were evenly distributed over time.

Oakesdale, WA

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

Dsb Mediterranean continental (warm summer) climate 7b USDA hardiness Zone 7b

Year-round temperatures (°F)

Avg high Avg low

Climate summary

Oakesdale has an annual average temperature of 48.1°F with about 18.4 inches of precipitation per year and 26.2 inches of snow. The warmest month is August (average high 85.7°F), and the coldest is December (average low 24.4°F). December is typically the wettest month (2.66 in) and August the driest (0.42 in). Snow typically falls from November through April.

Annual swing

38°F

warmest to coldest month

Heating need

6,270

HDD/yr

Cooling need

195

CDD/yr

Best time to visit Oakesdale

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

57 of 366 (15.6%) of Oakesdale'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		6
1900s		18
1910s		26
1920s		40
1930s		50
1940s		10
1950s		10
1960s		21
1970s		22
1980s		33
1990s		24
2000s		36
2010s		34
2020s		36

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	36.7°F	24.5°F	30.6°F	2.03 in	6.4 in	12
February	41.5°F	26.3°F	33.9°F	1.72 in	3.2 in	9
March	49.6°F	30.6°F	40.1°F	1.90 in	1.6 in	11
April	58.0°F	34.8°F	46.4°F	1.55 in	0.2 in	10
May	67.2°F	41.9°F	54.6°F	1.66 in	—	9
June	73.4°F	46.9°F	60.2°F	1.33 in	—	8
July	85.0°F	51.4°F	68.2°F	0.52 in	—	4
August	85.7°F	50.9°F	68.3°F	0.42 in	—	3
September	75.7°F	43.9°F	59.8°F	0.62 in	—	4
October	60.6°F	35.2°F	47.9°F	1.53 in	0.1 in	8
November	45.1°F	29.3°F	37.2°F	2.46 in	3.9 in	13
December	36.1°F	24.4°F	30.3°F	2.66 in	10.8 in	12