Raymond, WA Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, plus PlainClimate's derived comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Raymond's primary NOAA station, RAYMOND 2 S.
The climate verdict for Raymond
Water is the standout signal in Raymond, Washington: 83.7 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 50°F. At 49/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 18% of scores.
- 50°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 49/100
- comfort score, above 18% of station-mapped location scores
- 83.7"
- annual precipitation · 1" snow
- 174 days
- frost-free growing season
Raymond: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00456914 · Raymond, WA 50°F mean · 83.7" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-NARROW · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 50°F
- RANK-COOL #2,676
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Long Beach
- PRCP-WET 83.7"
- SWING-NARROW 22°F
- COMF-LOW 49/100
- LOAD-HEAT 5,572 HDD
- STN-1 USC00456914
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Long Beach Exp Stn, 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.
- Raymond (this station) 50°F
- Cold Quillayute State, WA 50°F
- Hot Glenoma, WA 50°F
- Near Long Beach, WA 50°F
- Near Quinault, WA 50°F
Climate Living Index · Raymond
Raymond: 56/100 · grade C
Raymond publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Raymond, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 49/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 0 calendar days | 100/100 · A |
| Snowfall burden | 1.1 inches/year | 82/100 · B |
| Frost-free season | 174 days/year | 45/100 · D |
| Annual temperature balance | 49.8°F · 17.7° from 67.5°F | 39/100 · F |
| Precipitation balance | 83.7 in · 48.7 from 35 in | 0/100 · F |
Raymond · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Raymond is a temperate Köppen climate: Csb
Coldest-month mean 39.5°F and warmest-month mean 61.6°F place this station in temperate, dry-summer, warm summer climates (Csb). Class Csb is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: temperate, specifically temperate, dry-summer, warm summer.
- Köppen code
- Csb
- Group
- Temperate
- Warmest month
- 61.6°F
- Coldest month
- 39.5°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 Raymond sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Raymond's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 39th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 1% wettest
- Raymond's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 96%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Raymond is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Raymond compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Raymond's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
49 18th percentile score exceeds 18% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 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
Raymond's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 103 complete annual observations from 1897 to 2025, RAYMOND 2 S warmed at a fitted rate of 0.03°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Raymond primary station fitted change +0.03 °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 | 48°F (9°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 13.1" | 0.5" | 14.7 | 0.0 |
| February | 51°F (10°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 8.7" | 0.1" | 15.0 | 0.0 |
| March | 54°F (12°C) | 35°F (1°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 9.7" | 0.0" | 12.2 | 0.0 |
| April | 58°F (14°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 6.5" | 0.0" | 6.6 | 0.0 |
| May | 63°F (17°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 3.6" | 0.0" | 1.1 | 0.1 |
| June | 67°F (19°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 2.6" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| July | 71°F (22°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 0.9" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.9 |
| August | 73°F (23°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 62°F (16°C) | 1.4" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 1.3 |
| September | 70°F (21°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 3.1" | 0.0" | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| October | 61°F (16°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 8.3" | 0.0" | 4.7 | 0.0 |
| November | 52°F (11°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 13.0" | 0.0" | 10.8 | 0.0 |
| December | 47°F (8°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 12.6" | 0.5" | 16.7 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The calendar barely moves in Raymond: no date carries a normal high of 90°F or a normal low at freezing. The year runs between 32°F near December 15 and 73°F near August 17.
No freezing date
Not one calendar date in the 1991–2020 record carries a normal low at or below 32°F. The coldest normal low of the year is 32°F around December 15.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is November 24, when 76% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is July 28 at 24%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 211 wet dates a year.
The widest day
September 12 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 25°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Raymond.
Where Raymond Stands Nationally
This is one of the wettest normals climates ranked: about 84 inches of precipitation in a normal year, a total fewer than one station in ten surpasses.
Raymond 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: 0.5"
22.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
19.5 days with precipitation
22.9 days with precipitation
20.6 days with precipitation
16.2 days with precipitation
14.3 days with precipitation
7.7 days with precipitation
8.6 days with precipitation
11.7 days with precipitation
20.5 days with precipitation
23.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.5"
23.0 days with precipitation
Raymond's wet season runs through the cold months
December, January and February carry 41% of the year's precipitation here, while June through August contribute 6%. 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 an unusually narrow 22.1°F seasonal spread.
- Wettest month
- January, 13.1"
- Driest month
- July, 0.9"
- Wettest three months
- January, November, December (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.
When it rains in Raymond, it arrives in quantity
83.6" of precipitation falls across only about 211 wet days here, averaging 0.40 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 211 a year, 58% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.40 inches
- Most wet days
- November, about 23
- Fewest wet days
- July, about 8
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.
Snow reaches Raymond, but rarely amounts to much
The normals record 1.1 inches of snow a year here, most likely in January. That is a real but marginal amount: enough that snow is part of the local record, not enough to define the winter.
A figure in this range usually reflects a handful of events that melt quickly rather than a season of accumulation; about 0 days a year record any measurable snow at all.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. An average across thirty years can smooth away a single heavy winter, so a small annual figure does not mean a significant snowfall is impossible.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 17
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 26
50% probability date
Growing Season
174 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
5,572
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
44
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
August
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside WA closest to Raymond 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 (50°F here).
- Allerton, IA 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Blowing Rock, NC 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Boswell, IN 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Cambridge City, IN 50°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (83.7" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Mapleton, OR 84.0" · 0.3" off
- Point Baker, AK 82.3" · 1.4" off
- Thorne Bay, AK 85.2" · 1.5" off
- Valdez, AK 82.1" · 1.6" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Raymond's climate pattern fits together
heating led · wet · low swing
Heating is the larger measured load in Raymond, at 5,572 degree days versus 44 for cooling. Unlike a strongly continental record, however, its 22.1°F month-to-month range is compact; persistent cool-season demand matters more than a dramatic summer-to-winter reversal.
Raymond's frost-free season lasts about 174 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
Raymond's 22.1°F seasonal spread is compact even though precipitation is abundant. August and December mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar. The annual average is 50°F. Temperature is relatively steady; the monthly rows show how rain and snow observations vary across the calendar.
Alongside its heating load, Raymond carries 83.7 inches of precipitation in a normal year, inside PlainClimate's wet range. Annual snowfall totals 1.1 inches. That distinction matters because a wet annual total can arrive as rain, snow, or a mixture at different times.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Raymond'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 Raymond, not an official NOAA class or a year-ahead forecast.
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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 Raymond's primary station: RAYMOND 2 S (USC00456914). 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 an incorporated place (GEOID 5357430). Match rule for Raymond: 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 Raymond 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.