Darrington, WA Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Explore NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 climate normals → and a clearly labeled PlainClimate comfort calculation
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Darrington's primary NOAA station, DARRINGTON 21 NNE.
The climate verdict for Darrington
Water is the standout signal in Darrington, Washington: 83.0 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 50°F. At 45/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 16% of scores.
- 50°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 45/100
- comfort score, above 16% of station-mapped location scores
- 83.0"
- yearly precipitation total
- 192 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Darrington: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00004223 · Darrington, WA 50°F mean · 83.0" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-NARROW · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 50°F
- RANK-COOL #2,676
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Corvallis Water…
- PRCP-WET 83.0"
- SWING-NARROW 28°F
- COMF-LOW 45/100
- LOAD-HEAT 5,664 HDD
- STN-1 USW00004223
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Corvallis Water Bureau, OR (+ 0 °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.
- Darrington (this station) 50°F
- Cold Monroe, WA 50°F
- Hot Mud Mtn Dam, WA 50°F
- Near Corvallis Water…, OR 50°F
- Near Baring, WA 50°F
Climate Living Index · Darrington
Darrington: 52/100 · grade D
Darrington publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Darrington, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 45/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 39 calendar days | 94/100 · A |
| Frost-free season | 192 days/year | 59/100 · C |
| Annual temperature balance | 49.8°F · 17.7° from 67.5°F | 39/100 · F |
| Precipitation balance | 83.0 in · 48.0 from 35 in | 0/100 · F |
Darrington · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Darrington is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfb
Coldest-month mean 36.5°F and warmest-month mean 64.8°F place this station in temperate, no dry season, warm summer climates (Cfb). Class Cfb is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: temperate, specifically temperate, no dry season, warm summer.
- Köppen code
- Cfb
- Group
- Temperate
- Warmest month
- 64.8°F
- Coldest month
- 36.5°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 Darrington sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Darrington's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 39th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 1% wettest
- Darrington's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 92%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Darrington is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Darrington compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Darrington's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
45 16th percentile score exceeds 16% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Above this entry.
- 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
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42°F (6°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 12.8" | 16.7 | 0.0 |
| February | 46°F (8°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 8.1" | 15.8 | 0.0 |
| March | 51°F (11°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 8.7" | 12.9 | 0.0 |
| April | 58°F (15°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 5.5" | 3.9 | 0.0 |
| May | 66°F (19°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 3.5" | 0.6 | 0.2 |
| June | 70°F (21°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 2.9" | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| July | 77°F (25°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 1.6" | 0.0 | 2.7 |
| August | 78°F (25°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 1.7" | 0.0 | 2.8 |
| September | 71°F (22°C) | 47°F (9°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 4.0" | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| October | 58°F (14°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 49°F (10°C) | 9.2" | 2.1 | 0.0 |
| November | 47°F (8°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 13.7" | 9.7 | 0.0 |
| December | 41°F (5°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 11.3" | 17.3 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 79°F around July 31, short of 90°F on every date, while 39 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 32°F near December 22.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into February 26, then returns to freezing around December 15, covering 39 dates in all.
Derived from the normal daily minimum. This is a different measure from the 50%-probability frost dates shown elsewhere on this page, which come from NOAA’s frost product.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is March 11, when 69% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is August 1 at 20%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 192 wet dates a year.
The widest day
July 28 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 27°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Darrington.
Where Darrington Stands Nationally
This is one of the wettest normals climates ranked: about 83 inches of precipitation in a normal year, a total fewer than one station in ten surpasses.
Darrington earns one nationally notable standing (outer quintile) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations, middle-of-the-pack metrics stay silent here.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
20.3 days with precipitation
18.1 days with precipitation
22.0 days with precipitation
17.8 days with precipitation
14.6 days with precipitation
14.2 days with precipitation
7.5 days with precipitation
7.1 days with precipitation
11.8 days with precipitation
17.3 days with precipitation
20.3 days with precipitation
20.9 days with precipitation
Darrington's wet season runs through the cold months
December, January and February carry 39% of the year's precipitation here, while June through August contribute 7%. 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 28.3°F seasonal spread.
- Wettest month
- November, 13.7"
- Driest month
- July, 1.6"
- Wettest three months
- November, January, December (46% 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 Darrington, it arrives in quantity
83.0" of precipitation falls across only about 192 wet days here, averaging 0.43 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 192 a year, 53% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.43 inches
- Most wet days
- March, about 22
- Fewest wet days
- August, about 7
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.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 25
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 16
50% probability date
Growing Season
192 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
5,664
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
126
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
August
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside WA closest to Darrington 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 (50°F here).
- Allerton, IA 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Blowing Rock, NC 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Boswell, IN 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Cambridge City, IN 50°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (83.0" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Point Baker, AK 82.3" · 0.7" off
- Valdez, AK 82.1" · 0.9" off
- Mapleton, OR 84.0" · 1.0" off
- Falls City, OR 81.2" · 1.8" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Darrington's climate pattern fits together
heating led · wet · low swing
Heating is the larger measured load in Darrington, at 5,664 degree days versus 126 for cooling. Unlike a strongly continental record, however, its 28.3°F month-to-month range is compact; persistent cool-season demand matters more than a dramatic summer-to-winter reversal.
Darrington's frost-free season lasts about 192 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
Darrington's 28.3°F seasonal spread is compact even though precipitation is abundant. August and December mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar. The annual average is 50°F. Temperature is relatively steady; the monthly rows show how rain and snow observations vary across the calendar.
Alongside its heating load, Darrington carries 83.0 inches of precipitation in a normal year, inside PlainClimate's wet range. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. 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 Darrington'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 Darrington, 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 Darrington's primary station: DARRINGTON 21 NNE (USW00004223). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as an incorporated place (GEOID 5316690). Match rule for Darrington: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Darrington 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.