All-time weather records — Yelm, WA

Record high
109.9°F
June 28, 2021
Record low
-8.0°F
January 1, 1979
Wettest day
4.82 in
January 7, 2009

Climate change signal in Yelm

20.5%

of Yelm's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (75 of 366 records since 2015).

5.2%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (19 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 #
1940s
55
25
1950s
35
53
1960s
44
75
1970s
27
91
1980s
40
41
1990s
45
21
2000s
35
31
2010s
39
17
2020s
46
12

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 1941, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1941-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 64.0°F — Jan 19, 2005 -8.0°F — Jan 1, 1979 4.82 in — Jan 7, 2009
February 73.0°F — Feb 27, 1986 -0.9°F — Feb 1, 1950 3.64 in — Feb 9, 1951
March 79.0°F — Mar 20, 2019 9.0°F — Mar 3, 1989 3.40 in — Mar 5, 1972
April 88.0°F — Apr 18, 2016 23.0°F — Apr 1, 1975 3.11 in — Apr 4, 1991
May 96.1°F — May 28, 1983 25.0°F — May 1, 1954 1.54 in — May 5, 1948
June 109.9°F — Jun 28, 2021 30.0°F — Jun 3, 1976 1.60 in — Jun 6, 1985
July 104.0°F — Jul 29, 2009 35.1°F — Jul 3, 1962 1.34 in — Jul 9, 1995
August 104.0°F — Aug 9, 1981 33.1°F — Aug 18, 1973 1.38 in — Aug 23, 1977
September 98.1°F — Sep 2, 1988 25.0°F — Sep 27, 1972 2.93 in — Sep 28, 2013
October 90.0°F — Oct 1, 1987 14.0°F — Oct 31, 2002 4.12 in — Oct 20, 2003
November 73.9°F — Nov 4, 1949 -0.9°F — Nov 15, 1955 4.33 in — Nov 19, 1962
December 64.0°F — Dec 1, 1958 -7.1°F — Dec 23, 1983 3.50 in — Dec 9, 1956

Click a month to see every daily record for that month in Yelm.