Baring, Washington climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Baring's normal year runs from 32°F December nights to 77°F August afternoons, with 109.9 inches of precipitation and 44 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 9.8°C, December lows of 0°C, August highs of 25°C, 2,791 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationBaring
- Station IDUSC00450456
- Location47.77°N 121.48°W
- Elevation770 ft (235 m)
- Population (census place)190
On October 23, the normal high in Baring is 55°F and the normal low 40°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 58%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Baring.
- Jan 42° 32°
- Feb 47° 32°
- Mar 52° 34°
- Apr 59° 38°
- May 66° 44°
- Jun 69° 48°
- Jul 77° 52°
- Aug 77° 52°
- Sep 71° 48°
- Oct 58° 42°
- Nov 47° 36°
- Dec 41° 32°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like in Baring each month?
August is the warmest month, with normal highs of 77°F; December the coldest, with normal lows of 32°F. The most precipitation falls in November (18.06 in), the least in July (1.73 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42°F | 32°F | 36.7°F | 16.72 | 13.8 | 20 | <1 | 15 | 8 h 50 min |
| February | 47°F | 32°F | 39.2°F | 10.60 | 4.6 | 17 | <1 | 14 | 10 h 10 min |
| March | 52°F | 34°F | 42.8°F | 11.90 | 3.8 | 20 | <1 | 11 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 59°F | 38°F | 48.2°F | 8.35 | 0.8 | 18 | <1 | 2 | 13 h 40 min |
| May | 66°F | 44°F | 55.0°F | 5.02 | 0.0 | 15 | <1 | <1 | 15 h 10 min |
| June | 69°F | 48°F | 58.8°F | 3.96 | 0.0 | 13 | 1 | <1 | 16 h |
| July | 77°F | 52°F | 64.4°F | 1.73 | 0.0 | 7 | 2 | <1 | 15 h 40 min |
| August | 77°F | 52°F | 64.7°F | 1.90 | 0.0 | 6 | 2 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| September | 71°F | 48°F | 59.5°F | 4.79 | 0.0 | 11 | <1 | <1 | 12 h 40 min |
| October | 58°F | 42°F | 49.9°F | 12.30 | 0.1 | 17 | <1 | 2 | 11 h |
| November | 47°F | 36°F | 41.6°F | 18.06 | 4.2 | 20 | <1 | 8 | 9 h 20 min |
| December | 41°F | 32°F | 36.2°F | 14.56 | 17.0 | 20 | <1 | 16 | 8 h 30 min |
| Year (annual) | 59°F | 41°F | 49.7°F | 109.89 | 44.3 | 184 | 5 | 69 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5°C | 0°C | 2.6°C | 425 mm | 35 cm |
| February | 8°C | 0°C | 4.0°C | 269 mm | 12 cm |
| March | 11°C | 1°C | 6.0°C | 302 mm | 10 cm |
| April | 15°C | 3°C | 9.0°C | 212 mm | 2 cm |
| May | 19°C | 7°C | 12.8°C | 128 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 21°C | 9°C | 14.9°C | 101 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25°C | 11°C | 18.0°C | 44 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25°C | 11°C | 18.2°C | 48 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 22°C | 9°C | 15.3°C | 122 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 15°C | 5°C | 9.9°C | 312 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 9°C | 2°C | 5.3°C | 459 mm | 11 cm |
| December | 5°C | 0°C | 2.3°C | 370 mm | 43 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00450456; annual normals. Wet days: 0.01 inch or more; 90°F days and freezing nights: NOAA's day counts. Daylight: sunrise to sunset on the 15th, computed from the latitude.
When is the best weather to visit Baring?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, July, August and September. Of those, August has the fewest days with rain (6).
That is a measurement, not a recommendation: it counts the months whose normal afternoon high sits between 65°F and 85°F, where a light layer is enough by day.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00450456.
When is the last frost in Baring?
In Baring, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 14 in half of years and after May 4 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 29 in half of years and before October 12 in one year in ten.
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- April 141 year in 10 after May 4; 9 in 10 after March 26
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 291 year in 10 before October 12; 9 in 10 before November 16
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 197 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 245 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 17 in half of springs and before November 19 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Baring in zone 8a in ZIP code 98224, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Baring's NOAA station is in zone 8b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 16°F (24 complete years); the map interpolates between stations and terrain, so the station and the ZIP area can differ by half a zone.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Washington · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00450456; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; the station zone: ACIS daily lows, 1991-2020. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
How hot and how cold does it get in Baring?
In a normal year in Baring, 5 days a year reach 90°F, 69 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 184 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 5a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 69a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 4high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 184a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 14a normal year
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00450456.
How sunny is Baring?
Over a year 73% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Baring, 3.8 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (86%) and December the cloudiest (54%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 56% | 1.2 |
| February | 64% | 2.1 |
| March | 63% | 3.1 |
| April | 67% | 4.6 |
| May | 70% | 5.7 |
| June | 74% | 6.3 |
| July | 86% | 7.0 |
| August | 85% | 5.9 |
| September | 79% | 4.3 |
| October | 69% | 2.5 |
| November | 58% | 1.3 |
| December | 54% | 0.9 |
Source: NASA POWER solar climatology, 2001-2020 (CERES SYN1deg). Satellite-based, for the 1-degree cell (about 100 km across) around the station, so it describes the area rather than the airport.
How much heating and cooling does Baring need?
A normal year in Baring brings 5,697 heating degree days, 6% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 149 cooling degree days, 84% fewer than the median (908). Eight months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 1,767 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 877 | 0 |
| February | 722 | 0 |
| March | 690 | 0 |
| April | 503 | 1 |
| May | 315 | 5 |
| June | 203 | 15 |
| July | 75 | 56 |
| August | 67 | 56 |
| September | 180 | 15 |
| October | 468 | 0 |
| November | 704 | 0 |
| December | 893 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 5,697 | 149 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00450456. A degree day is one degree of a day's mean temperature below 65°F (heating) or above it (cooling); utilities use them to estimate energy use.
Has Baring been warmer than normal lately?
2021 averaged 50.2°F, 0.5°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 49.7°F.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 50.2°F | +0.5°F | 120.87 | – |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00450456. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Baring's climate compare?
Baring is warmer than 32 of the other 95 places with their own NOAA record in Washington, and wetter than 86. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 49.7°F is warmer than 39%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Baring is Cfb: temperate, no dry season, warm summer. What the classes mean.
Places with the most similar year elsewhere
Measured month by month on the normal high, low and precipitation, among places of 20,000 or more people in other states:
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for every station PlainClimate covers. Similarity: the root-mean-square difference of the 36 monthly figures, precipitation weighted so an inch counts like 6°F.
Which places near Baring share this climate record?
2 places have no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of their own, and this station is the nearest full record. A place's own climate can differ from these figures, by several degrees where it sits much higher or lower than the station, nearer the coast, or inside a large city's heat; for the larger places the next nearest records are named with their yearly mean, so the spread around them is visible, and places of 50,000 or more have their own page with NOAA's gridded normals.
- Index, WA160 people · 5 mi NW
- Skykomish, WA158 people · 7 mi SE
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
Questions about Baring's climate
What is the coldest month in Baring?
December, with a normal high of 41°F and a normal low of 32°F. The warmest is August (77°F by day, 52°F at night).
Does it snow in Baring?
Yes: 44 inches in a normal year, falling on 17 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in December (17.0 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Baring?
November, with 18.06 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is July with 1.73 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Baring in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Baring in zone 8a in ZIP code 98224, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Baring's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 16°F (24 years, 1991-2020): zone 8b.
How late can frost come in Baring?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 14; in one year in ten it comes after May 4. Waiting until May 4 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Washington climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Tolt S Fork Reservoir, WA11 miles from this station, 48.1°F a year
- Startup, WA12 miles from this station, 51.6°F a year
- Snoqualmie, WA23 miles from this station, 51.7°F a year
- Monroe, WA24 miles from this station, 49.5°F a year
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