All-time weather records — Federal Way, WA

Record high
105.1°F
June 27, 2021
Record low
0.0°F
January 16, 2000
Wettest day
4.73 in
November 22, 2011

Climate change signal in Federal Way

24.9%

of Federal Way's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (91 of 366 records since 2015).

6.8%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (25 of 366 records since 2015).

If records were spread evenly across the station's history, you'd expect roughly 5% per decade. Decade-by-decade, here's where each record-breaking day was set:

Decade Heat records set # Cold records set #
1980s
91
207
1990s
84
76
2000s
82
39
2010s
54
28
2020s
55
16

Records are the all-time daily extremes that are still standing — each daily record can only be held by one year. The station's earliest hot record was set in 1982, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1982-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 66.0°F — Jan 19, 2005 0.0°F — Jan 16, 2000 3.66 in — Jan 9, 1990
February 68.0°F — Feb 27, 1986 0.0°F — Feb 18, 2002 2.95 in — Feb 8, 1996
March 77.0°F — Mar 29, 2004 15.1°F — Mar 3, 1989 1.67 in — Mar 15, 2015
April 82.9°F — Apr 18, 2016 28.9°F — Apr 5, 1982 2.49 in — Apr 4, 1991
May 91.9°F — May 28, 1983 8.1°F — May 9, 1999 1.92 in — May 15, 2011
June 105.1°F — Jun 27, 2021 37.0°F — Jun 12, 1982 1.49 in — Jun 11, 2001
July 93.9°F — Jul 16, 2025 45.0°F — Jul 12, 2007 0.85 in — Jul 9, 1995
August 96.1°F — Aug 16, 2020 27.0°F — Aug 17, 2007 1.48 in — Aug 30, 1983
September 89.1°F — Sep 1, 1987 34.0°F — Sep 29, 1983 1.87 in — Sep 28, 2013
October 82.0°F — Oct 12, 1991 26.1°F — Oct 31, 2002 3.38 in — Oct 21, 2003
November 70.0°F — Nov 6, 1999 5.0°F — Nov 24, 1985 4.73 in — Nov 22, 2011
December 68.0°F — Dec 10, 1993 6.1°F — Dec 23, 1983 3.80 in — Dec 29, 2011

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