Pasco, WA

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from PASCO TRI CITIES AP, WA US.

BWk Desert (cold) climate 8a USDA hardiness Zone 8a

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Pasco has an annual average temperature of 53.3°F with about 7.6 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 92.5°F), and the coldest is December (average low 27.3°F). January is typically the wettest month (1.03 in) and July the driest (0.15 in).

Annual swing
40.6°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
4,824
Cooling need
621

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

163 of 366 (44.5%) of Pasco'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
16
1990s
29
2000s
106
2010s
101
2020s
114

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 41.4°F 27.8°F 34.6°F 1.03 in 10
February 48.6°F 28.2°F 38.4°F 0.63 in 8
March 58.6°F 33.1°F 45.8°F 0.69 in 8
April 67.0°F 38.4°F 52.7°F 0.66 in 7
May 76.5°F 46.3°F 61.4°F 0.71 in 7
June 83.1°F 52.6°F 67.8°F 0.61 in 5
July 92.5°F 56.9°F 74.7°F 0.15 in 2
August 90.7°F 55.7°F 73.2°F 0.27 in 2
September 80.9°F 47.6°F 64.2°F 0.31 in 3
October 65.8°F 38.4°F 52.1°F 0.66 in 6
November 49.9°F 31.9°F 40.9°F 0.87 in 9
December 41.0°F 27.3°F 34.1°F 1.03 in 10

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