ELLENSBURG, WASHINGTON

NCDC 1961-1990 Monthly Normals

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Mean Max. Temperature (F) 33.6 42.0 52.3 60.0 68.6 76.2 83.4 83.3 74.5 61.9 44.7 34.1 59.6
Highest Mean Max. Temperature (F) 42.3 48.3 57.6 66.6 74.0 82.7 92.4 90.7 82.1 69.0 50.2 40.6 62.1
Year Highest Occurred 1967 1968 1981 1977 1969 1961 1985 1967 1967 1988 1990 1974 1967
Lowest Mean Max. Temperature (F) 22.4 31.8 45.9 54.0 62.4 71.0 77.3 77.1 67.8 57.2 30.9 21.3 56.6
Year Lowest Occurred 1979 1989 1971 1967 1984 1981 1986 1964 1985 1968 1985 1985 1985
Mean Temperature (F) 25.7 32.7 40.3 47.0 55.0 62.5 68.1 67.6 58.7 47.3 35.8 26.7 47.3
Highest Mean Temperature (F) 35.8 37.8 43.9 52.0 58.2 67.6 73.2 72.5 64.5 52.7 40.3 33.8 49.5
Year Highest Occurred 1981 1967 1983 1977 1969 1969 1985 1961 1967 1988 1989 1962 1967
Lowest Mean Temperature (F) 12.9 22.2 35.2 42.3 50.3 58.3 63.3 63.4 54.1 43.3 20.8 14.4 43.8
Year Lowest Occurred 1979 1989 1971 1970 1984 1981 1983 1964 1985 1984 1985 1983 1985
Mean Min. Temperature (F) 17.8 23.4 28.3 33.9 41.3 48.7 52.7 51.8 42.8 32.8 26.8 19.2 35.0
Highest Mean Min. Temperature (F) 30.8 29.2 32.4 37.8 45.0 54.2 58.5 55.6 47.8 37.8 32.0 27.7 36.9
Year Highest Occurred 1981 1961 1986 1990 1971 1969 1975 1977 1966 1963 1989 1962 1967
Lowest Mean Min. Temperature (F) 3.4 12.6 24.5 28.1 38.0 45.4 48.6 49.0 38.3 28.3 10.6 4.1 31.0
Year Lowest Occurred 1979 1989 1971 1982 1970 1976 1972 1985 1972 1983 1985 1983 1985
Mean Precipitation (in.) 1.25 0.89 0.72 0.57 0.55 0.54 0.25 0.40 0.49 0.56 1.21 1.51 8.94
Highest Precipitation (in.) 4.39 2.19 3.40 2.15 1.68 1.69 1.28 2.11 1.81 1.84 3.47 3.16 12.99
Year Highest Occurred 1970 1961 1971 1963 1962 1984 1966 1990 1986 1962 1973 1987 1971
Lowest Precipitation (in.) 0.12 0.00 0.05 0.00 0.05 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.07 4.68
Year Lowest Occurred 1985 1988 1964 1966 1979 1968 1988 1974 1989 1972 1976 1976 1976
Heating Degree Days (F) 1218. 904. 766. 540. 310. 126. 30. 50. 214. 549. 876. 1187. 6770.
Cooling Degree Days (F) 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 51. 126. 131. 25. 0. 0. 0. 333.

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