Union Gap, WA

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from YAKIMA AIR TERMINAL, WA US.

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Union Gap has an annual average temperature of 50.8°F with about 8 inches of precipitation per year and 20.3 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 89.9°F), and the coldest is December (average low 23.1°F). December is typically the wettest month (1.44 in) and July the driest (0.20 in). Snow typically falls from November through March.

Annual swing
41.8°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
5,520
Cooling need
402

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

81 of 366 (22.1%) of Union Gap'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
29
1950s
41
1960s
34
1970s
47
1980s
34
1990s
32
2000s
32
2010s
76
2020s
41

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 39.5°F 24.0°F 31.7°F 1.19 in 6.2 in 10
February 47.2°F 26.1°F 36.6°F 0.81 in 2.7 in 7
March 56.6°F 30.2°F 43.4°F 0.64 in 0.6 in 7
April 64.7°F 35.2°F 49.9°F 0.55 in 6
May 74.1°F 43.5°F 58.8°F 0.74 in 6
June 80.7°F 49.5°F 65.1°F 0.50 in 5
July 89.9°F 55.0°F 72.4°F 0.20 in 2
August 88.5°F 53.3°F 70.9°F 0.21 in 2
September 79.4°F 44.9°F 62.2°F 0.23 in 3
October 64.4°F 35.3°F 49.8°F 0.64 in 0.1 in 6
November 48.9°F 27.2°F 38.0°F 0.86 in 3.0 in 8
December 38.2°F 23.1°F 30.6°F 1.44 in 7.7 in 10

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