Entiat Fish Hatchery, WA Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Average temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, with a derived climate comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Entiat Fish Hatchery's primary NOAA station, ENTIAT FISH HATCHERY.
The climate verdict for Entiat Fish Hatchery
Dryness leads the climate profile for Entiat Fish Hatchery, Washington, with 13.6 inches of precipitation a year. 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
- 13.6"
- annual precipitation · 40" snow
- 202 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Entiat Fish Hatchery: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00452563 · Entiat Fish Hatchery, WA 51°F mean · 13.6" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-MID · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 51°F
- RANK-MID #3,156
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Pioche
- PRCP-DRY 13.6"
- SWING-MID 43°F
- COMF-LOW 53/100
- LOAD-HEAT 5,641 HDD
- STN-1 USC00452563
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Pioche, NV (+ 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.
- Hot Pioche, NV 52°F
- Entiat Fish Hat… (this station) 51°F
- Cold Upton Coop - Nw…, NY 51°F
- Near Milan, IN 51°F
- Near Abiquiu Dam, NM 51°F
Climate Living Index · Entiat Fish Hatchery
Entiat Fish Hatchery: 46/100 · grade D
Entiat Fish Hatchery publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Entiat Fish Hatchery, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 53/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Frost-free season | 202 days/year | 66/100 · C |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 129 calendar days | 59/100 · C |
| Annual temperature balance | 51.4°F · 16.1° from 67.5°F | 46/100 · D |
| Snowfall burden | 39.5 inches/year | 28/100 · F |
| Precipitation balance | 13.6 in · 21.4 from 35 in | 23/100 · F |
Entiat Fish Hatchery · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Entiat Fish Hatchery is a continental Köppen climate: Dsa
Coldest-month mean 30.2°F and warmest-month mean 72.8°F place this station in continental, dry-summer, hot summer climates (Dsa). Class Dsa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, dry-summer, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Dsa
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 72.8°F
- Coldest month
- 30.2°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 Entiat Fish Hatchery sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Entiat Fish Hatchery'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
- Drier than 86%
- Entiat Fish Hatchery's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 47th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Entiat Fish Hatchery compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Entiat Fish Hatchery'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
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35°F (2°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 2.0" | 11.8" | 28.7 | 0.0 |
| February | 43°F (6°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 1.3" | 5.4" | 24.7 | 0.0 |
| March | 54°F (12°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 1.4" | 1.4" | 18.4 | 0.0 |
| April | 63°F (17°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 0.8" | 0.0" | 6.6 | 0.0 |
| May | 73°F (23°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 0.9" | 0.0" | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| June | 79°F (26°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 65°F (19°C) | 0.8" | 0.0" | 0.1 | 3.5 |
| July | 88°F (31°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 0.3" | 0.0" | 0.2 | 13.7 |
| August | 88°F (31°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 0.3" | 0.0" | 0.2 | 13.6 |
| September | 79°F (26°C) | 49°F (10°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 0.4" | 0.0" | 0.6 | 3.1 |
| October | 63°F (17°C) | 40°F (5°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 1.2" | 0.1" | 5.0 | 0.0 |
| November | 46°F (8°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 1.9" | 4.3" | 19.7 | 0.0 |
| December | 36°F (2°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 2.4" | 16.5" | 28.6 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Entiat Fish Hatchery works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 91°F by July 29 and hold at or above 90°F on 17 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 112 dates, bottoming at 24°F around January 2.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from July 22 through August 7, covering 17 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs May 6 to October 5.
This counts calendar dates whose 1991–2020 normal high reaches 90°F. It is a smaller number than the 90°F+ day counts in the monthly table above, which measure how often the threshold was actually crossed in a typical year. A date can average 88°F and still exceed 90°F in half of all years.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 7, then returns to freezing around November 17, covering 112 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 January 1, when 36% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is August 9 at 6%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 78 wet dates a year.
The widest day
July 29 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 32°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Entiat Fish Hatchery.
Where Entiat Fish Hatchery Stands Nationally
A drier-than-most normal water year — around 14 inches, below what four out of five ranked stations collect.
Entiat Fish Hatchery 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 and snowfall
Snow: 11.8"
10.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 5.4"
8.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.4"
7.9 days with precipitation
5.4 days with precipitation
5.7 days with precipitation
4.9 days with precipitation
2.2 days with precipitation
1.9 days with precipitation
2.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
6.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 4.3"
10.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 16.5"
11.0 days with precipitation
Entiat Fish Hatchery's wet season runs through the cold months
December, January and February carry 42% 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 42.6°F seasonal spread.
- Wettest month
- December, 2.4"
- Driest month
- August, 0.3"
- Wettest three months
- December, January, November (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.
Entiat Fish Hatchery is dry, and what does fall arrives gently
Only about 78 days a year record measurable precipitation here, 21% of the calendar, and they carry 13.6" between them. At roughly 0.17 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 11 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.
Winter brings real snow to Entiat Fish Hatchery
Entiat Fish Hatchery averages 39.5 inches of snowfall a year, with December the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 21 days that record measurable snow. That is depth accumulating on the ground, which is why it can exceed the annual precipitation figure: precipitation counts the liquid the snow melts down to, and fresh snow is mostly air.
- Annual snowfall: 39.5 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 21 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 29% of the year's precipitation.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. The ten-to-one ratio is a convention, not a measurement: real ratios vary with temperature, so treat the share as an order of magnitude rather than an exact split.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 24
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 5
50% probability date
Growing Season
202 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
5,641
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
690
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside WA closest to Entiat Fish Hatchery 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).
- Astoria, OR 51°F · 0.0°F off
- Beatrice, NE 51°F · 0.0°F off
- Brockton, MA 51°F · 0.0°F off
- Cedar City, UT 51°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (13.6" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Maeser, UT 13.6" · 0.0" off
- Torrance, CA 13.6" · 0.0" off
- Fort Stockton, TX 13.7" · 0.0" off
- Grandfalls, TX 13.7" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Entiat Fish Hatchery
heating led · dry · mid swing
Entiat Fish Hatchery's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 5,641 annual heating degree days against 690 for cooling. Its 42.6°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Entiat Fish Hatchery's frost-free season lasts about 202 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
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1. Entiat Fish Hatchery coldest normal
January
The monthly mean of 30°F (-1°C) sits near freezing, so cold nights and above-freezing afternoons share the same month.
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2. Entiat Fish Hatchery typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Entiat Fish Hatchery snow peak
December
Entiat Fish Hatchery averages 39.5 inches of snow a year, with December the snowiest month on the normals.
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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 Entiat Fish Hatchery's primary station: ENTIAT FISH HATCHERY (USC00452563). 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 Entiat Fish Hatchery; 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 Entiat Fish Hatchery 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.