Spokane Felts Fld, WA Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Average temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, with a derived climate comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Spokane Felts Fld's primary NOAA station, SPOKANE FELTS FLD.
The climate verdict for Spokane Felts Fld
Dryness leads the climate profile for Spokane Felts Fld, Washington, with 17.4 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 50°F. At 52/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 24% of scores.
- 50°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 52/100
- comfort score, above 24% of station-mapped location scores
- 17.4"
- annual precipitation
- 172 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Spokane Felts Fld: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00094176 · Spokane Felts Fld, WA 50°F mean · 17.4" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-MID · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 50°F
- RANK-COOL #2,676
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Savage Rvr Dam
- PRCP-DRY 17.4"
- SWING-MID 40°F
- COMF-LOW 52/100
- LOAD-HEAT 6,019 HDD
- STN-1 USW00094176
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Savage Rvr Dam, MD (+ 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.
- Spokane Felts F… (this station) 50°F
- Cold Parker, CO 50°F
- Hot Fenn Ranger Sta…, ID 50°F
- Near Savage Rvr Dam, MD 50°F
- Near Sunnyside, WA 50°F
Climate Living Index · Spokane Felts Fld
Spokane Felts Fld: 50/100 · grade D
Spokane Felts Fld publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals · NOAA hourly normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Spokane Felts Fld, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 52/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Summer moisture balance | 45.6°F mean dew point | 69/100 · C |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 129 calendar days | 59/100 · C |
| Frost-free season | 172 days/year | 43/100 · D |
| Annual temperature balance | 49.8°F · 17.7° from 67.5°F | 39/100 · F |
| Precipitation balance | 17.4 in · 17.6 from 35 in | 37/100 · F |
Spokane Felts Fld · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Spokane Felts Fld is a continental Köppen climate: Dsb
Coldest-month mean 31.3°F and warmest-month mean 71.5°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
- 71.5°F
- Coldest month
- 31.3°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 Spokane Felts Fld sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Spokane Felts Fld'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
- Drier than 77%
- Spokane Felts Fld's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 37th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Spokane Felts Fld compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Spokane Felts Fld's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
52 24th percentile score exceeds 24% 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%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). This entry sits in this band.
- 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
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38°F (3°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 2.0" | 24.2 | 0.0 |
| February | 43°F (6°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 35°F (1°C) | 1.3" | 22.0 | 0.0 |
| March | 51°F (11°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 1.8" | 18.1 | 0.0 |
| April | 60°F (15°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 1.5" | 7.8 | 0.0 |
| May | 70°F (21°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 1.7" | 1.5 | 0.5 |
| June | 76°F (24°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 1.5" | 0.0 | 2.1 |
| July | 87°F (31°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 0.7" | 0.0 | 13.1 |
| August | 86°F (30°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 0.5" | 0.0 | 10.8 |
| September | 76°F (24°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 0.7" | 0.2 | 2.2 |
| October | 60°F (16°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 49°F (10°C) | 1.5" | 7.8 | 0.0 |
| November | 45°F (7°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 2.0" | 16.8 | 0.0 |
| December | 37°F (3°C) | 26°F (-4°C) | 31°F (0°C) | 2.2" | 24.9 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 90°F around July 28, short of 90°F on every date, while 129 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 25°F near December 23.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 16, then returns to freezing around November 9, covering 129 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 3, when 48% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is July 29 at 8%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 120 wet dates a year.
The widest day
July 28 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 32°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Spokane Felts Fld.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
14.6 days with precipitation
11.6 days with precipitation
13.1 days with precipitation
11.0 days with precipitation
10.0 days with precipitation
8.9 days with precipitation
3.0 days with precipitation
3.4 days with precipitation
5.3 days with precipitation
10.4 days with precipitation
13.5 days with precipitation
14.5 days with precipitation
Spokane Felts Fld spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 15% of the annual total and December through February 32%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Spokane Felts Fld has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 40.2°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: December averages 2.2" and August 0.5". The three wettest months together take 36% of the year, against the 25% a perfectly flat distribution would give them.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. "Spread across the year" means neither the June-August nor the December-February share reaches 35%; it describes an average year, not the variability of any single one.
Spokane Felts Fld is dry, and what does fall arrives gently
Only about 119 days a year record measurable precipitation here, 33% of the calendar, and they carry 17.4" between them. At roughly 0.15 inches on an average wet day, this is not the damp drizzle of a marine climate; it is an arid record in which precipitation is both uncommon and light when it appears.
The wettest month by count is January at about 15 wet days; the driest is July at about 3.
A low per-event average in a dry record is a statement about typical days only. Arid regions can still take a large share of a year's total from a single convective storm, which a normal cannot show.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, not the extremes within it.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 15
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 26
50% probability date
Growing Season
172 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
6,019
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
507
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Humidity & Wind
Monthly averages from hourly observations
| Month | Humidity | Wind (mph) | Clear Sky % | Overcast % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 80% | 4.2 | N/A | N/A |
| February | 71% | 5.1 | 31% | 39% |
| March | 64% | 6.2 | 31% | 33% |
| April | 56% | 6.5 | 37% | 23% |
| May | 56% | 6.0 | 38% | 22% |
| June | 50% | 5.8 | 52% | 11% |
| July | 41% | 5.4 | 70% | 4% |
| August | 48% | 5.0 | 60% | 7% |
| September | 59% | 4.6 | 57% | 15% |
| October | 75% | 4.3 | 36% | 35% |
| November | 81% | 4.3 | 22% | 50% |
| December | 83% | 3.7 | 17% | 55% |
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside WA closest to Spokane Felts Fld 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 (17.4" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Craig, CO 17.4" · 0.0" off
- Dulce, NM 17.4" · 0.0" off
- Cottonwood, SD 17.4" · 0.0" off
- La Grande, OR 17.4" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Spokane Felts Fld's climate pattern fits together
heating led · dry · mid swing
Spokane Felts Fld's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 6,019 annual heating degree days against 507 for cooling. Its 40.2°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Spokane Felts Fld's frost-free season lasts about 172 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
July and December mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Spokane Felts Fld's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 40.2°F. The annual average is 50°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Spokane Felts Fld's cold-season load does not imply a wet climate. Annual precipitation is 17.4 inches, which places the station in PlainClimate's dry range. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. The snowfall and rainfall fields should be read separately rather than inferred from temperature.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Spokane Felts Fld'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 Spokane Felts Fld, 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 Spokane Felts Fld's primary station: SPOKANE FELTS FLD (USW00094176). 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 Spokane Felts Fld; 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 Spokane Felts Fld 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.