Eltopia, 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 Eltopia's primary NOAA station, ELTOPIA 8 WSW.
The climate verdict for Eltopia
Dryness leads the climate profile for Eltopia, Washington, with 10.0 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 52°F. Its climate comfort score of 56/100 (moderate) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 36% of station-mapped location scores.
- 52°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 56/100
- comfort score, above 36% of station-mapped location scores
- 10.0"
- yearly precipitation total
- 184 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Eltopia: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00452542 · Eltopia, WA 52°F mean · 10.0" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-ARID · SWING-MID · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 52°F
- RANK-MID #3,362
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Pilot Rock
- PRCP-ARID 10.0"
- SWING-MID 38°F
- COMF-MID 56/100
- LOAD-HEAT 5,309 HDD
- STN-1 USC00452542
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Pilot Rock, 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.
- Eltopia (this station) 52°F
- Cold Carson City, NV 52°F
- Hot Williams, AZ 52°F
- Near Pilot Rock, OR 52°F
- Near Whitman Mission, WA 52°F
Climate Living Index · Eltopia
Eltopia: 48/100 · grade D
Eltopia publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Eltopia, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 56/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 114 calendar days | 68/100 · C |
| Frost-free season | 184 days/year | 53/100 · D |
| Annual temperature balance | 51.9°F · 15.6° from 67.5°F | 49/100 · D |
| Precipitation balance | 10.0 in · 25.0 from 35 in | 12/100 · F |
Eltopia · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Eltopia'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
- 71.4°F
- Coldest month
- 33.0°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 Eltopia sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Eltopia's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 49th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 94%
- Eltopia's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 71%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Eltopia is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Eltopia compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Eltopia's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
56 36th percentile score exceeds 36% 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
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40°F (4°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 1.4" | 22.8 | 0.0 |
| February | 47°F (8°C) | 29°F (-1°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 1.0" | 18.7 | 0.0 |
| March | 57°F (14°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 0.7" | 14.2 | 0.0 |
| April | 64°F (18°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 0.8" | 4.9 | 0.0 |
| May | 73°F (23°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 0.9" | 1.0 | 0.8 |
| June | 79°F (26°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 0.8" | 0.0 | 2.2 |
| July | 86°F (30°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 0.3" | 0.0 | 10.0 |
| August | 85°F (30°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 0.2" | 0.0 | 8.7 |
| September | 77°F (25°C) | 49°F (10°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 0.4" | 0.1 | 0.8 |
| October | 63°F (17°C) | 40°F (5°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 0.9" | 4.2 | 0.0 |
| November | 48°F (9°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 40°F (5°C) | 1.1" | 16.0 | 0.0 |
| December | 39°F (4°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 1.7" | 23.6 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 89°F around July 28, short of 90°F on every date, while 114 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 25°F near December 28.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 9, then returns to freezing around November 17, covering 114 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 10, when 45% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is August 9 at 6%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 92 wet dates a year.
The widest day
July 19 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 30°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Eltopia.
Where Eltopia Stands Nationally
Aridity defines the water calendar: about 10 inches in a normal year lands this among the driest tenth of ranked stations.
Eltopia 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
12.8 days with precipitation
9.0 days with precipitation
7.6 days with precipitation
8.6 days with precipitation
7.8 days with precipitation
4.9 days with precipitation
2.6 days with precipitation
2.0 days with precipitation
3.1 days with precipitation
6.5 days with precipitation
11.9 days with precipitation
14.2 days with precipitation
Eltopia's wet season runs through the cold months
December, January and February carry 40% of the year's precipitation here, while June through August contribute 12%. 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 38.4°F seasonal spread.
- Wettest month
- December, 1.7"
- Driest month
- August, 0.2"
- Wettest three months
- December, January, November (41% 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.
Eltopia is dry, and what does fall arrives gently
Only about 91 days a year record measurable precipitation here, 25% of the calendar, and they carry 10.0" 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 14 wet days; the driest is August 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 22
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 21
50% probability date
Growing Season
184 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
5,309
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
543
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside WA closest to Eltopia 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 (52°F here).
- Atwood, KS 52°F · 0.0°F off
- Boston, MA 52°F · 0.0°F off
- Connellsville, PA 52°F · 0.0°F off
- Curtis, NE 52°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (10.0" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Homedale, ID 10.1" · 0.0" off
- Vale, OR 10.0" · 0.0" off
- Cubero, NM 10.0" · 0.0" off
- Dillon, MT 10.1" · 0.1" off
Scarce-water calendar
Where Eltopia's limited precipitation lands
heating led · dry · mid swing
Eltopia's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 5,309 annual heating degree days against 543 for cooling. Its 38.4°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Eltopia's frost-free season lasts about 184 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 Eltopia's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 38.4°F. The annual average is 52°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Eltopia's cold-season load does not imply a wet climate. Annual precipitation is 10.0 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.
Eltopia wettest normal
December
December concentrates the scarce annual total (10.0 inches).
Eltopia driest normal
August
August is typically driest; arid stations are defined by when water is absent, not by a four-season grid.
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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 Eltopia's primary station: ELTOPIA 8 WSW (USC00452542). 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 Eltopia; 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 Eltopia 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.