Longmire Rainier Nps, 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 Longmire Rainier Nps's primary NOAA station, LONGMIRE RAINIER NPS.
The climate verdict for Longmire Rainier Nps
Water is the standout signal in Longmire Rainier Nps, Washington: 82.6 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 44°F. At 24/100 (below average) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 0% of scores.
- 44°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 24/100
- comfort score, above 0% of station-mapped location scores
- 82.6"
- annual precipitation · 143" snow
- 134 days
- frost-free growing season
Longmire Rainier Nps: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00454764 · Longmire Rainier Nps, WA 44°F mean · 82.6" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-MID · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 44°F
- RANK-COOL #1,098
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Sunriver
- PRCP-WET 82.6"
- SWING-MID 30°F
- COMF-LOW 24/100
- LOAD-HEAT 7,609 HDD
- STN-1 USC00454764
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Sunriver, OR ( -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.
- Longmire Rainie… (this station) 44°F
- Cold Sunriver, OR 44°F
- Hot Bridgeport, CA 44°F
- Near South Lake Tahoe, CA 44°F
- Near Bryce Canyon Na…, UT 44°F
Climate Living Index · Longmire Rainier Nps
Longmire Rainier Nps: 15/100 · grade F
Longmire Rainier Nps publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Longmire Rainier Nps, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 24/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 177 calendar days | 27/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 44.3°F · 23.2° from 67.5°F | 17/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 134 days/year | 15/100 · F |
| Precipitation balance | 82.6 in · 47.6 from 35 in | 0/100 · F |
| Snowfall burden | 143.0 inches/year | 0/100 · F |
Longmire Rainier Nps · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Longmire Rainier Nps is a continental Köppen climate: Dsb
Coldest-month mean 30.8°F and warmest-month mean 60.9°F place this station in continental, dry-summer, warm summer climates (Dsb). Class Dsb is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, dry-summer, warm summer.
- Köppen code
- Dsb
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 60.9°F
- Coldest month
- 30.8°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 Longmire Rainier Nps sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Longmire Rainier Nps's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 84%
- Among 6,861 stations, Longmire Rainier Nps sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 1% wettest
- Longmire Rainier Nps's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 90%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Longmire Rainier Nps is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Longmire Rainier Nps compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Longmire Rainier Nps's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
24 0th percentile score exceeds 0% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Above this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Above this entry.
- 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
Longmire Rainier Nps's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 88 complete annual observations from 1915 to 2020, LONGMIRE RAINIER NPS changed little at a fitted rate of 0.01°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Longmire Rainier Nps primary station fitted change +0.01 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37°F (3°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 11.4" | 32.7" | 27.0 | 0.0 |
| February | 40°F (5°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 8.6" | 19.2" | 24.6 | 0.0 |
| March | 45°F (7°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 7.5" | 25.4" | 24.8 | 0.0 |
| April | 51°F (10°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 5.9" | 9.7" | 17.8 | 0.0 |
| May | 60°F (16°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 4.8" | 2.1" | 5.6 | 0.1 |
| June | 66°F (19°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 3.7" | 0.1" | 0.1 | 0.6 |
| July | 75°F (24°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 1.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 2.3 |
| August | 76°F (24°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 1.5" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 2.3 |
| September | 69°F (20°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 3.5" | 0.0" | 0.6 | 0.5 |
| October | 55°F (13°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 9.0" | 0.9" | 8.5 | 0.0 |
| November | 43°F (6°C) | 29°F (-1°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 13.0" | 18.6" | 20.6 | 0.0 |
| December | 36°F (2°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 12.4" | 34.3" | 27.7 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 78°F around July 27, short of 90°F on every date, while 177 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 25°F near December 18.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 24, then returns to freezing around October 31, covering 177 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 5, when 68% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is July 31 at 19%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 189 wet dates a year.
The widest day
July 27 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 Longmire Rainier Nps.
Where Longmire Rainier Nps 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.
Longmire Rainier Nps 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: 32.7"
20.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 19.2"
17.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 25.4"
20.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 9.7"
18.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 2.1"
16.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
14.3 days with precipitation
6.8 days with precipitation
6.5 days with precipitation
9.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.9"
17.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 18.6"
20.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 34.3"
20.2 days with precipitation
Longmire Rainier Nps'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 8%. 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 30.1°F seasonal spread.
- Wettest month
- November, 13.0"
- Driest month
- July, 1.2"
- Wettest three months
- November, December, January (45% 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 Longmire Rainier Nps, it arrives in quantity
82.6" of precipitation falls across only about 188 wet days here, averaging 0.44 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 188 a year, 52% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.44 inches
- Most wet days
- January, about 21
- 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.
Winter brings real snow to Longmire Rainier Nps
Longmire Rainier Nps averages 143.0 inches of snowfall a year, with December the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 47 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: 143.0 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 47 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 17% 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 3
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 22
50% probability date
Growing Season
134 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
7,609
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
82
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
August
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside WA closest to Longmire Rainier Nps 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 (44°F here).
- Gettysburg, SD 44°F · 0.0°F off
- Harrold, SD 44°F · 0.0°F off
- Jim Falls, WI 44°F · 0.0°F off
- Kewaunee, WI 44°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (82.6" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Point Baker, AK 82.3" · 0.3" off
- Valdez, AK 82.1" · 0.5" off
- Falls City, OR 81.2" · 1.4" off
- Mapleton, OR 84.0" · 1.4" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Longmire Rainier Nps
heating led · wet · mid swing
Longmire Rainier Nps's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 7,609 annual heating degree days against 82 for cooling. Its 30.1°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 134 days are frost-free in a normal year. That short interval is consistent with the cold-season signal, but the measure does not predict the exact first or last freeze in any one year.
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1. Longmire Rainier Nps coldest normal
December
The monthly mean of 31°F (-1°C) sits near freezing, so cold nights and above-freezing afternoons share the same month.
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2. Longmire Rainier Nps typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Longmire Rainier Nps snow peak
December
Longmire Rainier Nps averages 143.0 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 Longmire Rainier Nps's primary station: LONGMIRE RAINIER NPS (USC00454764). 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 Longmire Rainier Nps; 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 Longmire Rainier Nps 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.