Port Angeles, Washington climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Port Angeles's normal year runs from 33°F December nights to 70°F August afternoons, with 29.4 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 9.2°C, December lows of 1°C, August highs of 21°C, 747 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationPort Angeles International Airport
- Station IDUSW00094266
- Location48.12°N 123.50°W
- Elevation288 ft (88 m)
- Population20,112
On October 23, the normal high in Port Angeles is 55°F and the normal low 40°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 48%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Port Angeles.
- Jan 45° 33°
- Feb 47° 33°
- Mar 50° 35°
- Apr 54° 39°
- May 60° 43°
- Jun 63° 47°
- Jul 68° 51°
- Aug 70° 51°
- Sep 66° 47°
- Oct 57° 42°
- Nov 49° 36°
- Dec 45° 33°
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 Port Angeles each month?
August is the warmest month, with normal highs of 70°F; December the coldest, with normal lows of 33°F. The most precipitation falls in December (5.23 in), the least in July (0.46 in).
Each month has its own page with the day-by-day normals, the month's records and its recent years:
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45°F | 33°F | 39.2°F | 4.29 | 17 | <1 | 12 | 8 h 50 min |
| February | 47°F | 33°F | 39.8°F | 2.84 | 13 | <1 | 13 | 10 h 10 min |
| March | 50°F | 35°F | 42.4°F | 2.94 | 16 | <1 | 9 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 54°F | 39°F | 46.5°F | 1.65 | 12 | <1 | 2 | 13 h 40 min |
| May | 60°F | 43°F | 51.5°F | 1.17 | 10 | <1 | <1 | 15 h 10 min |
| June | 63°F | 47°F | 55.4°F | 0.73 | 8 | <1 | <1 | 16 h |
| July | 68°F | 51°F | 59.7°F | 0.46 | 4 | <1 | <1 | 15 h 40 min |
| August | 70°F | 51°F | 60.4°F | 0.64 | 6 | <1 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| September | 66°F | 47°F | 56.6°F | 1.29 | 9 | <1 | <1 | 12 h 40 min |
| October | 57°F | 42°F | 49.2°F | 3.06 | 14 | <1 | 1 | 11 h |
| November | 49°F | 36°F | 42.7°F | 5.11 | 17 | <1 | 8 | 9 h 20 min |
| December | 45°F | 33°F | 39.1°F | 5.23 | 17 | <1 | 13 | 8 h 20 min |
| Year (annual) | 56°F | 41°F | 48.5°F | 29.41 | 142 | 1 | 59 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7°C | 1°C | 4.0°C | 109 mm |
| February | 8°C | 1°C | 4.3°C | 72 mm |
| March | 10°C | 2°C | 5.8°C | 75 mm |
| April | 12°C | 4°C | 8.1°C | 42 mm |
| May | 15°C | 6°C | 10.8°C | 30 mm |
| June | 17°C | 9°C | 13.0°C | 19 mm |
| July | 20°C | 11°C | 15.4°C | 12 mm |
| August | 21°C | 11°C | 15.8°C | 16 mm |
| September | 19°C | 8°C | 13.7°C | 33 mm |
| October | 14°C | 5°C | 9.6°C | 78 mm |
| November | 10°C | 2°C | 5.9°C | 130 mm |
| December | 7°C | 1°C | 3.9°C | 133 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. Port Angeles's own co-op station Port Angeles station does: 0 inches of snow in a normal year (see the other stations below).
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00094266; 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 Port Angeles?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in July, August and September. Of those, July has the fewest days with rain (4).
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 USW00094266.
When is the last frost in Port Angeles?
In Port Angeles, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 8 in half of years and after May 1 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 31 in half of years and before October 13 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
- April 81 year in 10 after May 1; 9 in 10 after March 21
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 311 year in 10 before October 13; 9 in 10 before November 15
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 204 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 250 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 9 in half of springs and before November 18 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Port Angeles in zone 8b in ZIP code 98362, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Port Angeles's NOAA station is in zone 8b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 18°F (19 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 USW00094266; 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 Port Angeles?
In a normal year in Port Angeles, 1 day a year reaches 90°F, 59 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 142 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 59a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 142a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1998) is 97°F, on June 27, 2021; the lowest is 11°F, on February 10, 2019.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2017, with 39.07 in.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USW00094266; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USW00094266. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Port Angeles?
Over a year 70% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Port Angeles, 3.5 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (82%) and December the cloudiest (51%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 52% | 1.0 |
| February | 61% | 1.9 |
| March | 61% | 2.9 |
| April | 67% | 4.3 |
| May | 71% | 5.5 |
| June | 72% | 6.0 |
| July | 82% | 6.5 |
| August | 81% | 5.5 |
| September | 76% | 3.9 |
| October | 64% | 2.2 |
| November | 55% | 1.1 |
| December | 51% | 0.8 |
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 Port Angeles need?
A normal year in Port Angeles brings 6,015 heating degree days, 12% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 22 cooling degree days, 98% fewer than the median (908). Eight months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 1,129 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 800 | 0 |
| February | 706 | 0 |
| March | 701 | 0 |
| April | 555 | 0 |
| May | 420 | 0 |
| June | 291 | 3 |
| July | 174 | 8 |
| August | 152 | 9 |
| September | 254 | 2 |
| October | 491 | 0 |
| November | 669 | 0 |
| December | 803 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 6,015 | 22 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00094266. 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 Port Angeles been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 49.8°F, 1.3°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 48.5°F. 5 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 49.3°F | +0.8°F | 30.63 |
| 2022 | 49.8°F | +1.3°F | 22.43 |
| 2023 | 50.8°F | +2.3°F | 16.11 |
| 2024 | 51.3°F | +2.8°F | 22.76 |
| 2025 | 49.8°F | +1.3°F | – |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USW00094266. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Port Angeles's climate compare?
Port Angeles is warmer than 18 of the other 95 places with their own NOAA record in Washington, and wetter than 51. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 48.5°F is warmer than 34%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Port Angeles is Csb: temperate, dry-summer, warm summer. 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.
Which places near Port Angeles share this climate record?
Port Angeles East has no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of its own, and this station is the nearest full record. A place's own climate can differ from these figures, by several degrees where it sits much higher or lower than the station, nearer the coast, or inside a large city's heat; for the larger places the next nearest records are named with their yearly mean, so the spread around them is visible, and places of 50,000 or more have their own page with NOAA's gridded normals.
- Port Angeles East, WA3,035 people · 6 mi E
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
What do Port Angeles's other NOAA stations record?
One more NOAA station keeps 1991-2020 normals in or near Port Angeles. This page uses Port Angeles International Airport; the other differs by site and elevation:
| Station | From this station | Elevation | Year | Jan low | Jul high | Precip. | Snow | Last frost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port Angeles station USC00456624 | 3 mi E | 90 ft | 50.0°F | 37°F | 67°F | 26.5 | 0 | March 12 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for each station. Last frost: the median last spring date of 32°F.
Questions about Port Angeles's climate
What is the coldest month in Port Angeles?
December, with a normal high of 45°F and a normal low of 33°F. The warmest is August (70°F by day, 51°F at night).
Does it snow in Port Angeles?
Rarely. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Port Angeles's NOAA station; Port Angeles's own co-op station Port Angeles station records 0 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Port Angeles?
December, with 5.23 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is July with 0.46 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Port Angeles in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Port Angeles in zone 8b in ZIP code 98362, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Port Angeles's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 18°F (19 years, 1991-2020): zone 8b.
How late can frost come in Port Angeles?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 8; in one year in ten it comes after May 1. Waiting until May 1 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Port Angeles in OctoberThis month day by day, its records and recent years
- Washington climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Elwha Ranger Station, WA8 miles from this station, 48.7°F a year
- Sequim, WA20 miles from this station, 48.9°F a year
- Port Townsend, WA34 miles from this station, 51.9°F a year
- Quilcene, WA35 miles from this station, 50.5°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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