Cushman Powerhouse, WA Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, plus PlainClimate's derived comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Cushman Powerhouse's primary NOAA station, CUSHMAN POWERHOUSE #2.
The climate verdict for Cushman Powerhouse
Water is the standout signal in Cushman Powerhouse, Washington: 92.0 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 51°F. At 53/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 31% of scores.
- 51°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 53/100
- comfort score, above 31% of station-mapped location scores
- 92.0"
- annual precipitation · 4" snow
- 236 days
- frost-free growing season
Cushman Powerhouse: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00451939 · Cushman Powerhouse, WA 51°F mean · 92.0" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-NARROW · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 51°F
- RANK-MID #3,156
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bellingham
- PRCP-WET 92.0"
- SWING-NARROW 25°F
- COMF-LOW 53/100
- LOAD-HEAT 5,106 HDD
- STN-1 USC00451939
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Bellingham, WA ( -0.1 °F mean)
Instrument codes from this station's NOAA 1991–2020 normals, mean temperature, corpus warmth rank, photo-finish peer station, precipitation band, seasonal swing, comfort composite, degree-day load, and field book, not a livability rating.
Mean-temperature neighbourhood
Nationwide NOAA normal poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every WA station list.
- Cushman Powerho… (this station) 51°F
- Cold Matlock, WA 51°F
- Hot Lacomb, OR 51°F
- Near Bellingham, WA 51°F
- Near Shelton Sanders…, WA 51°F
Climate Living Index · Cushman Powerhouse
Cushman Powerhouse: 61/100 · grade C
Cushman Powerhouse publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Cushman Powerhouse, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 53/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 0 calendar days | 100/100 · A |
| Frost-free season | 236 days/year | 83/100 · B |
| Snowfall burden | 4.4 inches/year | 72/100 · B |
| Annual temperature balance | 51.3°F · 16.2° from 67.5°F | 46/100 · D |
| Precipitation balance | 92.0 in · 57.0 from 35 in | 0/100 · F |
Cushman Powerhouse · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Cushman Powerhouse is a temperate Köppen climate: Csb
Coldest-month mean 39.7°F and warmest-month mean 64.8°F place this station in temperate, dry-summer, warm summer climates (Csb). Class Csb is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: temperate, specifically temperate, dry-summer, warm summer.
- Köppen code
- Csb
- Group
- Temperate
- Warmest month
- 64.8°F
- Coldest month
- 39.7°F
Source: official public datasets monthly normals (1991–2020) at the city’s primary station. This is a station classification, not a mapped regional consensus.
National standing · heating-led station
Where Cushman Powerhouse sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Cushman Powerhouse's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 46th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 1% wettest
- Cushman Powerhouse's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 94%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Cushman Powerhouse is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Cushman Powerhouse compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Cushman Powerhouse's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
53 31st percentile score exceeds 31% of 6,189 station-mapped location scores
- 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). This entry sits in this band.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Above this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Above this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Cushman Powerhouse's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 35 complete annual observations from 1975 to 2025, CUSHMAN POWERHOUSE #2 warmed at a fitted rate of 0.13°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Cushman Powerhouse primary station fitted change +0.13 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45°F (7°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 15.5" | 1.3" | 11.0 | 0.0 |
| February | 48°F (9°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 9.2" | 1.2" | 10.2 | 0.0 |
| March | 53°F (11°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 9.9" | 0.1" | 6.8 | 0.0 |
| April | 58°F (14°C) | 40°F (5°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 6.1" | 0.0" | 1.6 | 0.0 |
| May | 65°F (19°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 3.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| June | 70°F (21°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 1.9" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| July | 76°F (24°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 0.9" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 1.2 |
| August | 76°F (24°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 1.4" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| September | 69°F (21°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 3.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| October | 58°F (15°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 9.1" | 0.0" | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| November | 50°F (10°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 15.7" | 0.1" | 4.9 | 0.0 |
| December | 44°F (7°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 16.2" | 1.7" | 11.1 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The calendar barely moves in Cushman Powerhouse: no date carries a normal high of 90°F or a normal low at freezing. The year runs between 35°F near December 15 and 77°F near July 26.
No freezing date
Not one calendar date in the 1991–2020 record carries a normal low at or below 32°F. The coldest normal low of the year is 35°F around December 15.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is January 1, when 67% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is July 29 at 13%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 165 wet dates a year.
The widest day
July 23 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 22°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Cushman Powerhouse.
Where Cushman Powerhouse Stands Nationally
This is one of the wettest normals climates ranked: about 92 inches of precipitation in a normal year, a total fewer than one station in ten surpasses.
Days and nights track unusually close together; the widest normal swing, about 22°F, is narrower than most stations record.
Cushman Powerhouse earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 1.3"
20.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.2"
16.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
18.7 days with precipitation
16.5 days with precipitation
11.4 days with precipitation
8.8 days with precipitation
4.4 days with precipitation
4.8 days with precipitation
8.2 days with precipitation
14.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
20.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.7"
20.3 days with precipitation
Cushman Powerhouse's wet season runs through the cold months
December, January and February carry 44% of the year's precipitation here, while June through August contribute 5%. That is the cool-season-dominant pattern of the West Coast and the higher inland West, where storm tracks swing south in winter and summer turns dry; the thermometer meanwhile shows an unusually narrow 25.1°F seasonal spread.
- Wettest month
- December, 16.2"
- Driest month
- July, 0.9"
- Wettest three months
- December, November, January (52% of the year)
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. A cool-season label means the December-February share reaches 35%. Where snow falls, the monthly figures above report liquid-equivalent precipitation, so a wet winter month is not necessarily a rainy one.
When it rains in Cushman Powerhouse, it arrives in quantity
92.0" of precipitation falls across only about 164 wet days here, averaging 0.56 inches each. Fewer days carry more water: the year's total is delivered in comparatively heavy events rather than persistent damp.
- Days with measurable precipitation
- about 164 a year, 45% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.56 inches
- Most wet days
- December, about 20
- Fewest wet days
- July, about 4
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, and a per-day average is not a forecast of any individual storm.
Snow reaches Cushman Powerhouse, but rarely amounts to much
The normals record 4.4 inches of snow a year here, most likely in December. That is a real but marginal amount: enough that snow is part of the local record, not enough to define the winter.
A figure in this range usually reflects a handful of events that melt quickly rather than a season of accumulation; about 2 days a year record any measurable snow at all.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. An average across thirty years can smooth away a single heavy winter, so a small annual figure does not mean a significant snowfall is impossible.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
November 15
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 24
50% probability date
Growing Season
236 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
5,106
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
123
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside WA closest to Cushman Powerhouse on two NOAA annual-normal axes (mean temperature and annual precipitation). Chip rows use distinct link sets.
Closest by average temperature
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual mean temperature (51°F here).
- Aurora, NE 51°F · 0.0°F off
- Barnesville, OH 51°F · 0.0°F off
- Cashtown, PA 51°F · 0.0°F off
- Danbury, CT 51°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (92.0" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Hyder, AK 92.5" · 0.6" off
- Paauilo, HI 90.4" · 1.6" off
- Tillamook, OR 89.8" · 2.1" off
- Government Camp, OR 89.8" · 2.2" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Cushman Powerhouse's climate pattern fits together
heating led · wet · low swing
Heating is the larger measured load in Cushman Powerhouse, at 5,106 degree days versus 123 for cooling. Unlike a strongly continental record, however, its 25.1°F month-to-month range is compact; persistent cool-season demand matters more than a dramatic summer-to-winter reversal.
Cushman Powerhouse's frost-free season lasts about 236 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
Cushman Powerhouse's 25.1°F seasonal spread is compact even though precipitation is abundant. July and December mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar. The annual average is 51°F. Temperature is relatively steady; the monthly rows show how rain and snow observations vary across the calendar.
Alongside its heating load, Cushman Powerhouse carries 92.0 inches of precipitation in a normal year, inside PlainClimate's wet range. Annual snowfall totals 4.4 inches. That distinction matters because a wet annual total can arrive as rain, snow, or a mixture at different times.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Cushman Powerhouse's primary station, so the winter figures are a thirty-year average and not a floor: a single hard season can run well below them. Treat each band as a descriptive range for Cushman Powerhouse, not an official NOAA class or a year-ahead forecast.
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Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Cushman Powerhouse's primary station: CUSHMAN POWERHOUSE #2 (USC00451939). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The conservative exact name-and-state crosswalk finds no Census place match, so PlainClimate treats this as a station-mapped location and does not claim it is a municipality. No exact Gazetteer row for Cushman Powerhouse; facility counts that depend on place identity are therefore an upper bound, not a municipal census.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Cushman Powerhouse comes from its primary NOAA station record. No figure on this page is typed in by an editor - each value is rendered from NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 1991–2020 normals.