Quilcene, WA Climate: Temperature by Month
Explore NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 climate normals → and a clearly labeled PlainClimate comfort calculation
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Quilcene's primary NOAA station, QUILCENE 2 SW.
The climate verdict for Quilcene
A compact 26.5°F seasonal swing gives Quilcene, Washington a steadier-than-extreme annual shape. NOAA reports an annual average of 51°F. July is the warmest month at 64°F and December the coldest at 38°F.
- 51°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 200 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Quilcene: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00456846 · Quilcene, WA 51°F mean
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-UNK · SWING-NARROW · COMF-UNK · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-PART
- TEMP-COOL 51°F
- RANK-MID #2,882
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Olympia
- PRCP-UNK Rain n/a
- SWING-NARROW 27°F
- COMF-UNK Comfort n/a
- LOAD-HEAT 5,372 HDD
- STN-1 USC00456846
- BOOK-PART 4/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Olympia, WA (+ 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.
- Quilcene (this station) 51°F
- Hot Landsburg, WA 51°F
- Near Olympia, WA 51°F
- Near Mcmillin Rsvr, WA 51°F
- Cold Forks, WA 50°F
Climate Living Index · Quilcene
Quilcene: 67/100 · grade C
Quilcene publishes 3 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 3 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Quilcene, not an official NOAA rating. Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 49 calendar days | 92/100 · A |
| Frost-free season | 200 days/year | 64/100 · C |
| Annual temperature balance | 50.5°F · 17.0° from 67.5°F | 43/100 · D |
Quilcene · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method .
National standing · heating-led station
Where Quilcene sits across the climate record
Available NOAA 1991–2020 fields for Quilcene are ranked only against stations that publish the same field, missing metrics stay blank rather than estimated.
- Annual temperature
- 42nd percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 93%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Quilcene is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46°F (8°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 39°F (4°C) | N/A | 16.5 | 0.0 |
| February | 49°F (9°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 41°F (5°C) | N/A | 15.6 | 0.0 |
| March | 54°F (12°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 45°F (7°C) | N/A | 11.5 | 0.0 |
| April | 60°F (15°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 49°F (10°C) | N/A | 4.3 | 0.0 |
| May | 67°F (19°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 55°F (13°C) | N/A | 0.5 | 0.1 |
| June | 70°F (21°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 59°F (15°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| July | 77°F (25°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 64°F (18°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 2.5 |
| August | 77°F (25°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 64°F (18°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 1.6 |
| September | 72°F (22°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 60°F (15°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| October | 61°F (16°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 51°F (10°C) | N/A | 2.6 | 0.0 |
| November | 50°F (10°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 43°F (6°C) | N/A | 12.6 | 0.0 |
| December | 44°F (7°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 38°F (3°C) | N/A | 19.7 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 79°F around July 27, short of 90°F on every date, while 49 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 31°F near December 18.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into February 15, then returns to freezing around December 6, covering 49 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.
The widest day
September 5 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 26°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Quilcene.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 28
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 11
50% probability date
Growing Season
200 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
5,372
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
112
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside WA closest to Quilcene 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).
- Chenoa, IL 51°F · 0.0°F off
- Columbus, NE 51°F · 0.0°F off
- Coos Bay, OR 51°F · 0.0°F off
- Crook, CO 51°F · 0.0°F off
Data-derived climate profile
How Quilcene's climate pattern fits together
heating led · low swing
Heating is the larger measured load in Quilcene, at 5,372 degree days versus 112 for cooling. Unlike a strongly continental record, however, its 26.5°F month-to-month range is compact; persistent cool-season demand matters more than a dramatic summer-to-winter reversal.
Quilcene's frost-free season lasts about 200 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
Temperature varies within a narrow 26.5°F band across the normal year. July and December mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar. The annual average is 51°F. Monthly rows still matter, but they refine a steady profile rather than reveal two climatic extremes.
A moisture-range label is withheld because Quilcene's annual precipitation total is unavailable. Monthly source values remain visible where NOAA provides them, and no annual amount is reconstructed from incomplete data.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Quilcene's primary station, so the winter figures are a thirty-year average and not a floor: a single hard season can run well below them. Treat each band as a descriptive range for Quilcene, not an official NOAA class or a year-ahead forecast.
Questions about Quilcene's climate
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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 Quilcene's primary station: QUILCENE 2 SW (USC00456846). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as a census-designated place (GEOID 5356975), not an incorporated municipality. Match rule for Quilcene: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Quilcene 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.