Ellensburg Bowers Fld, WA Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Pulled from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →: climate measurements used in PlainClimate's documented score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Ellensburg Bowers Fld's primary NOAA station, ELLENSBURG BOWERS FLD.
The climate verdict for Ellensburg Bowers Fld
Dryness leads the climate profile for Ellensburg Bowers Fld, Washington, with 9.2 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 50°F. At 40/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 6% of scores.
- 50°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 40/100
- comfort score, above 6% of station-mapped location scores
- 9.2"
- precipitation, annual total
- 162 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Ellensburg Bowers Fld: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00024220 · Ellensburg Bowers Fld, WA 50°F mean · 9.2" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-ARID · SWING-MID · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 50°F
- RANK-MID #2,744
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ S Mtn
- PRCP-ARID 9.2"
- SWING-MID 42°F
- COMF-LOW 40/100
- LOAD-HEAT 5,970 HDD
- STN-1 USW00024220
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: S Mtn, PA ( -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.
- Ellensburg Bowe… (this station) 50°F
- Cold S Mtn, PA 50°F
- Hot Rector, PA 50°F
- Near Loyalhanna Lake, PA 50°F
- Near Circleville, UT 50°F
Climate Living Index · Ellensburg Bowers Fld
Ellensburg Bowers Fld: 37/100 · grade F
Ellensburg Bowers Fld publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Ellensburg Bowers Fld, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 40/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 144 calendar days | 51/100 · D |
| Annual temperature balance | 50.1°F · 17.4° from 67.5°F | 41/100 · D |
| Frost-free season | 162 days/year | 35/100 · F |
| Precipitation balance | 9.2 in · 25.8 from 35 in | 10/100 · F |
Ellensburg Bowers Fld · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Ellensburg Bowers Fld's normals sit in a dry climate class: BSk
Precipitation is low relative to temperature but above true desert thresholds: cold semi-arid steppe (BSk). Class BSk is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: dry (arid or semi-arid), specifically cold semi-arid steppe.
- Köppen code
- BSk
- Group
- Dry (arid or semi-arid)
- Warmest month
- 71.6°F
- Coldest month
- 30.1°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 Ellensburg Bowers Fld sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Ellensburg Bowers Fld's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 40th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 95%
- Ellensburg Bowers Fld's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 42nd percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Ellensburg Bowers Fld compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Ellensburg Bowers Fld's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
40 6th percentile score exceeds 6% 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 | 37°F (3°C) | 24°F (-4°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 1.2" | 26.9 | 0.0 |
| February | 44°F (7°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 0.8" | 22.7 | 0.0 |
| March | 53°F (12°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 0.8" | 19.6 | 0.0 |
| April | 61°F (16°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 0.7" | 9.4 | 0.0 |
| May | 71°F (22°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 0.9" | 1.7 | 1.2 |
| June | 77°F (25°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 0.6" | 0.0 | 3.7 |
| July | 86°F (30°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 0.2" | 0.0 | 13.5 |
| August | 87°F (30°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 0.2" | 0.0 | 12.2 |
| September | 78°F (25°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 0.4" | 0.6 | 3.4 |
| October | 62°F (17°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 0.8" | 10.4 | 0.0 |
| November | 47°F (8°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 1.1" | 20.3 | 0.0 |
| December | 36°F (2°C) | 24°F (-5°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 1.5" | 27.1 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 89°F around July 29, short of 90°F on every date, while 144 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 23°F near January 1.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 23, then returns to freezing around November 1, covering 144 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 December 19, when 40% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is July 30 at 6%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 88 wet dates a year.
The widest day
September 3 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 31°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Ellensburg Bowers Fld.
Where Ellensburg Bowers Fld Stands Nationally
Aridity defines the water calendar: about 9 inches in a normal year lands this among the driest tenth of ranked stations.
Ellensburg Bowers Fld 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
11.3 days with precipitation
9.7 days with precipitation
8.9 days with precipitation
6.6 days with precipitation
7.5 days with precipitation
5.3 days with precipitation
2.0 days with precipitation
2.0 days with precipitation
3.1 days with precipitation
7.9 days with precipitation
10.7 days with precipitation
12.1 days with precipitation
Ellensburg Bowers Fld'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 10%. 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 a 41.5°F seasonal spread.
- Wettest month
- December, 1.5"
- Driest month
- August, 0.2"
- Wettest three months
- December, January, November (42% 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.
Ellensburg Bowers Fld is dry, and what does fall arrives gently
Only about 87 days a year record measurable precipitation here, 24% of the calendar, and they carry 9.2" between them. At roughly 0.11 inches on an average wet day, this is not the damp drizzle of a marine climate; it is an arid record in which precipitation is both uncommon and light when it appears.
The wettest month by count is December at about 12 wet days; the driest is July at about 2.
A low per-event average in a dry record is a statement about typical days only. Arid regions can still take a large share of a year's total from a single convective storm, which a normal cannot show.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, not the extremes within it.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 7
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 28
50% probability date
Growing Season
162 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
5,970
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
568
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside WA closest to Ellensburg Bowers Fld 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).
- Akron, CO 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Ansonia, CT 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Austin, NV 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Banner Elk, NC 50°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (9.2" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Glen, MT 9.2" · 0.0" off
- Spanish Springs, NV 9.2" · 0.0" off
- Battle Mountain, NV 9.2" · 0.0" off
- Moab, UT 9.1" · 0.0" off
Scarce-water calendar
Where Ellensburg Bowers Fld's limited precipitation lands
heating led · dry · mid swing
Ellensburg Bowers Fld's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 5,970 annual heating degree days against 568 for cooling. Its 41.5°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Ellensburg Bowers Fld's frost-free season lasts about 162 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
July and December mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Ellensburg Bowers Fld's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 41.5°F. The annual average is 50°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Ellensburg Bowers Fld's cold-season load does not imply a wet climate. Annual precipitation is 9.2 inches, which places the station in PlainClimate's dry range. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. The snowfall and rainfall fields should be read separately rather than inferred from temperature.
Ellensburg Bowers Fld wettest normal
December
December concentrates the scarce annual total (9.2 inches).
Ellensburg Bowers Fld driest normal
August
August is typically driest; arid stations are defined by when water is absent, not by a four-season grid.
Questions about Ellensburg Bowers Fld's climate
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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 Ellensburg Bowers Fld's primary station: ELLENSBURG BOWERS FLD (USW00024220). 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 Ellensburg Bowers Fld; 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 Ellensburg Bowers Fld 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.