PRIEST RAPIDS DAM, WASHINGTON

NCDC 1961-1990 Monthly Normals

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Mean Max. Temperature (F) 40.1 47.4 57.2 65.8 75.0 83.4 91.0 90.0 79.9 65.9 50.0 40.1 65.5
Highest Mean Max. Temperature (F) 49.2 55.4 61.2 72.5 80.0 90.6 97.4 97.1 87.0 72.1 56.4 46.7 67.8
Year Highest Occurred 1983 1967 1990 1977 1987 1961 1985 1961 1990 1988 1990 1973 1967
Lowest Mean Max. Temperature (F) 25.6 37.6 51.6 60.5 70.1 77.1 85.6 83.5 73.4 62.1 36.9 27.9 62.4
Year Lowest Occurred 1979 1989 1971 1967 1984 1981 1983 1968 1985 1968 1985 1985 1985
Mean Temperature (F) 33.2 39.1 47.0 54.6 63.2 71.0 77.7 77.3 68.0 55.0 42.5 33.8 55.2
Highest Mean Temperature (F) 40.8 45.0 50.2 60.2 66.9 76.3 82.7 83.4 73.7 59.2 47.6 40.9 57.1
Year Highest Occurred 1967 1967 1986 1977 1987 1961 1985 1967 1990 1963 1990 1973 1967
Lowest Mean Temperature (F) 17.8 28.1 41.9 50.0 59.1 66.2 73.8 71.9 61.4 51.0 28.1 23.0 51.3
Year Lowest Occurred 1979 1989 1971 1975 1984 1981 1983 1980 1985 1984 1985 1985 1985
Mean Min. Temperature (F) 26.3 30.9 36.8 43.3 51.3 58.6 64.3 64.5 55.9 44.2 35.0 27.4 44.9
Highest Mean Min. Temperature (F) 35.9 36.0 41.0 48.3 54.0 62.6 68.2 69.7 60.8 49.4 39.0 35.0 46.6
Year Highest Occurred 1981 1961 1968 1990 1983 1986 1975 1967 1967 1963 1965 1973 1973
Lowest Mean Min. Temperature (F) 10.0 18.5 32.1 38.8 46.9 54.8 61.3 58.6 49.3 39.0 19.2 18.0 40.1
Year Lowest Occurred 1979 1989 1971 1972 1989 1971 1989 1980 1985 1984 1985 1985 1985
Mean Precipitation (in.) 0.78 0.60 0.60 0.41 0.41 0.31 0.15 0.33 0.35 0.40 1.00 1.15 6.49
Highest Precipitation (in.) 2.71 1.53 1.64 1.30 1.33 1.13 1.10 1.22 1.30 1.58 2.87 2.92 11.52
Year Highest Occurred 1970 1961 1983 1989 1972 1967 1987 1977 1977 1982 1983 1987 1983
Lowest Precipitation (in.) 0.02 0.00 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.05 3.28
Year Lowest Occurred 1977 1988 1968 1985 1964 1986 1989 1988 1990 1988 1976 1976 1976
Heating Degree Days (F) 986. 725. 558. 319. 96. 22. 0. 6. 64. 310. 675. 967. 4728.
Cooling Degree Days (F) 0. 0. 0. 7. 40. 202. 394. 387. 154. 0. 0. 0. 1184.

Western Regional Climate Center, wrcc@dri.edu