Selah, WA

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from SELAH 2 NE, WA US.

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Selah has an annual average temperature of 49.2°F with about 8.4 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 87.8°F), and the coldest is December (average low 21.1°F). December is typically the wettest month (1.36 in) and August the driest (0.16 in).

Annual swing
42.1°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
6,000
Cooling need
318

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

124 of 366 (33.9%) of Selah'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
42
2000s
159
2010s
84
2020s
81

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 37.4°F 21.6°F 29.5°F 1.07 in 10
February 45.4°F 23.7°F 34.5°F 0.72 in 7
March 54.2°F 28.4°F 41.3°F 0.68 in 7
April 62.4°F 34.1°F 48.2°F 0.65 in 6
May 71.8°F 42.7°F 57.2°F 0.85 in 8
June 78.5°F 48.4°F 63.5°F 0.78 in 6
July 87.8°F 54.0°F 70.9°F 0.23 in 2
August 87.2°F 52.3°F 69.7°F 0.16 in 2
September 78.0°F 44.0°F 61.0°F 0.28 in 3
October 63.5°F 34.4°F 48.9°F 0.73 in 8
November 47.8°F 26.4°F 37.1°F 0.92 in 10
December 36.5°F 21.1°F 28.8°F 1.36 in 12

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