Lind, Washington climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Lind's normal year runs from 26°F December nights to 89°F July afternoons, with 10.1 inches of precipitation and 15 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 10.4°C, December lows of −3°C, July highs of 32°C, 257 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationLind (3 mi NE)
- Station IDUSC00454679
- Location47.00°N 118.57°W
- Elevation1,630 ft (497 m)
- Population524
On October 23, the normal high in Lind is 59°F and the normal low 36°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 25%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Lind.
- Jan 38° 27°
- Feb 44° 29°
- Mar 54° 33°
- Apr 63° 37°
- May 72° 43°
- Jun 79° 49°
- Jul 89° 55°
- Aug 88° 54°
- Sep 79° 47°
- Oct 63° 38°
- Nov 47° 31°
- Dec 37° 26°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like in Lind each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 89°F; December the coldest, with normal lows of 26°F. The most precipitation falls in December (1.40 in), the least in August (0.24 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38°F | 27°F | 32.1°F | 1.29 | 6.5 | 11 | <1 | 24 | 8 h 50 min |
| February | 44°F | 29°F | 36.6°F | 0.88 | 2.0 | 8 | <1 | 20 | 10 h 20 min |
| March | 54°F | 33°F | 43.5°F | 1.05 | 0.7 | 8 | <1 | 17 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 63°F | 37°F | 49.7°F | 0.83 | 0.1 | 7 | <1 | 9 | 13 h 30 min |
| May | 72°F | 43°F | 57.8°F | 0.86 | 0.0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 15 h |
| June | 79°F | 49°F | 64.0°F | 0.69 | 0.0 | 5 | 4 | <1 | 15 h 50 min |
| July | 89°F | 55°F | 71.9°F | 0.34 | 0.0 | 2 | 16 | <1 | 15 h 30 min |
| August | 88°F | 54°F | 71.2°F | 0.24 | 0.0 | 2 | 14 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| September | 79°F | 47°F | 62.7°F | 0.34 | 0.0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 h 40 min |
| October | 63°F | 38°F | 50.3°F | 0.92 | 0.0 | 7 | <1 | 9 | 11 h |
| November | 47°F | 31°F | 38.8°F | 1.29 | 1.1 | 11 | <1 | 17 | 9 h 20 min |
| December | 37°F | 26°F | 31.3°F | 1.40 | 4.2 | 11 | <1 | 25 | 8 h 30 min |
| Year (annual) | 63°F | 39°F | 50.8°F | 10.13 | 14.6 | 81 | 38 | 126 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3°C | −3°C | 0.1°C | 33 mm | 17 cm |
| February | 7°C | −2°C | 2.6°C | 22 mm | 5 cm |
| March | 12°C | 1°C | 6.4°C | 27 mm | 2 cm |
| April | 17°C | 3°C | 9.8°C | 21 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 22°C | 6°C | 14.3°C | 22 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 26°C | 9°C | 17.8°C | 18 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 32°C | 13°C | 22.2°C | 9 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 31°C | 12°C | 21.8°C | 6 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 26°C | 8°C | 17.1°C | 9 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 17°C | 3°C | 10.2°C | 23 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 8°C | −1°C | 3.8°C | 33 mm | 3 cm |
| December | 3°C | −3°C | −0.4°C | 36 mm | 11 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00454679; annual normals. Wet days: 0.01 inch or more; 90°F days and freezing nights: NOAA's day counts. Daylight: sunrise to sunset on the 15th, computed from the latitude.
When is the best weather to visit Lind?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June and September. Of those, September has the fewest days with rain (3).
That is a measurement, not a recommendation: it counts the months whose normal afternoon high sits between 65°F and 85°F, where a light layer is enough by day.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00454679.
When is the last frost in Lind?
In Lind, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 7 in half of years and after May 21 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 4 in half of years and before September 22 in one year in ten.
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- May 71 year in 10 after May 21; 9 in 10 after April 22
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 41 year in 10 before September 22; 9 in 10 before October 20
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 150 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 180 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 23 in half of springs and before October 17 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Lind in zone 7a in ZIP code 99341, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Lind's NOAA station is in zone 7a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 0°F (29 complete years).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Washington · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00454679; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; the station zone: ACIS daily lows, 1991-2020. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
How hot and how cold does it get in Lind?
In a normal year in Lind, 38 days a year reach 90°F (4 of them 100°F or more), 126 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 81 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 38a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 4a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 126a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 22high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 81a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 7a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1931) is 114°F, on June 30, 2021; the lowest is −26°F, on January 26, 1957.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1941, with 15.43 in; the snowiest season is 1949–50, with 41.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00454679; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00454679. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Lind?
Over a year 80% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Lind, 4.1 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (92%) and December the cloudiest (53%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 55% | 1.1 |
| February | 69% | 2.3 |
| March | 71% | 3.5 |
| April | 78% | 5.2 |
| May | 80% | 6.4 |
| June | 81% | 7.0 |
| July | 92% | 7.5 |
| August | 91% | 6.3 |
| September | 86% | 4.6 |
| October | 78% | 2.9 |
| November | 64% | 1.5 |
| December | 53% | 0.9 |
Source: NASA POWER solar climatology, 2001-2020 (CERES SYN1deg). Satellite-based, for the 1-degree cell (about 100 km across) around the station, so it describes the area rather than the airport.
How much heating and cooling does Lind need?
A normal year in Lind brings 5,736 heating degree days, 7% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 590 cooling degree days, 35% fewer than the median (908). Seven months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 2,590 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,018 | 0 |
| February | 795 | 0 |
| March | 667 | 0 |
| April | 460 | 1 |
| May | 245 | 20 |
| June | 97 | 66 |
| July | 16 | 230 |
| August | 19 | 211 |
| September | 130 | 61 |
| October | 457 | 2 |
| November | 786 | 0 |
| December | 1,046 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 5,736 | 590 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00454679. A degree day is one degree of a day's mean temperature below 65°F (heating) or above it (cooling); utilities use them to estimate energy use.
Has Lind been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 52.7°F, 1.9°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 50.8°F. 4 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 51.7°F | +0.9°F | 6.65 | 22.9 |
| 2022 | 49.5°F | −1.3°F | 10.83 | 26.2 |
| 2023 | 52.1°F | +1.3°F | 9.87 | 7.5 |
| 2024 | 52.0°F | +1.2°F | 8.85 | 5.7 |
| 2025 | 52.7°F | +1.9°F | 9.96 | 9.7 |
Over 75 complete years from 1935 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 3.0°F per century (+0.17°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00454679; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Lind's climate compare?
Lind is warmer than 52 of the other 95 places with their own NOAA record in Washington, and wetter than 14. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 50.8°F is warmer than 44%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Lind is BSk: cold semi-arid steppe. What the classes mean.
Places with the most similar year elsewhere
Measured month by month on the normal high, low and precipitation, among places of 20,000 or more people in other states:
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for every station PlainClimate covers. Similarity: the root-mean-square difference of the 36 monthly figures, precipitation weighted so an inch counts like 6°F.
Questions about Lind's climate
What is the coldest month in Lind?
December, with a normal high of 37°F and a normal low of 26°F. The warmest is July (89°F by day, 55°F at night).
Does it snow in Lind?
Yes: 15 inches in a normal year, falling on 11 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (6.5 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Lind?
December, with 1.40 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is August with 0.24 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Lind in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Lind in zone 7a in ZIP code 99341, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Lind's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 0°F (29 years, 1991-2020): zone 7a.
How late can frost come in Lind?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 7; in one year in ten it comes after May 21. Waiting until May 21 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Washington climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Ritzville, WA12 miles from this station, 48.7°F a year
- Hatton, WA20 miles from this station, 51.8°F a year
- Odessa, WA24 miles from this station, 48.8°F a year
- Connell, WA28 miles from this station, 51.7°F a year
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