Tolt S Fork Rsvr, 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 Tolt S Fork Rsvr's primary NOAA station, TOLT S FK RSVR.
The climate verdict for Tolt S Fork Rsvr
Water is the standout signal in Tolt S Fork Rsvr, Washington: 104.3 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 48°F. At 38/100 (below average) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 4% of scores.
- 48°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 38/100
- comfort score, above 4% of station-mapped location scores
- 104.3"
- annual precipitation · 55" snow
- 211 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Tolt S Fork Rsvr: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00458508 · Tolt S Fork Rsvr, WA 48°F mean · 104.3" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-NARROW · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 48°F
- RANK-COOL #2,196
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Lake Spaulding
- PRCP-WET 104.3"
- SWING-NARROW 27°F
- COMF-LOW 38/100
- LOAD-HEAT 6,287 HDD
- STN-1 USC00458508
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Lake Spaulding, CA (+ 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.
- Tolt S Fork Rsvr (this station) 48°F
- Cold Big Bear Lake, CA 48°F
- Hot Carson Fish Hat…, WA 48°F
- Near Lake Spaulding, CA 48°F
- Near Luna Ranger Sta…, NM 48°F
Climate Living Index · Tolt S Fork Rsvr
Tolt S Fork Rsvr: 49/100 · grade D
Tolt S Fork Rsvr publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Tolt S Fork Rsvr, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 38/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 23 calendar days | 97/100 · A |
| Frost-free season | 211 days/year | 72/100 · B |
| Annual temperature balance | 48.1°F · 19.4° from 67.5°F | 32/100 · F |
| Snowfall burden | 55.2 inches/year | 18/100 · F |
| Precipitation balance | 104.3 in · 69.3 from 35 in | 0/100 · F |
Tolt S Fork Rsvr · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Tolt S Fork Rsvr is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfb
Coldest-month mean 35.8°F and warmest-month mean 63.1°F place this station in temperate, no dry season, warm summer climates (Cfb). Class Cfb is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: temperate, specifically temperate, no dry season, warm summer.
- Köppen code
- Cfb
- Group
- Temperate
- Warmest month
- 63.1°F
- Coldest month
- 35.8°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 Tolt S Fork Rsvr sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Tolt S Fork Rsvr's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 32nd percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 1% wettest
- Tolt S Fork Rsvr's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 93%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Tolt S Fork Rsvr is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Tolt S Fork Rsvr compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Tolt S Fork Rsvr's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
38 4th percentile score exceeds 4% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 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
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41°F (5°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 13.6" | 12.0" | 15.5 | 0.0 |
| February | 43°F (6°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 9.2" | 9.4" | 16.7 | 0.0 |
| March | 46°F (8°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 11.5" | 9.8" | 14.4 | 0.0 |
| April | 52°F (11°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 9.7" | 4.7" | 5.1 | 0.0 |
| May | 61°F (16°C) | 44°F (6°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 6.9" | 0.4" | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| June | 65°F (18°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 6.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| July | 72°F (22°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 2.5" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| August | 72°F (22°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 2.4" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 1.8 |
| September | 66°F (19°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 58°F (15°C) | 5.6" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| October | 55°F (13°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 10.5" | 0.2" | 0.9 | 0.0 |
| November | 45°F (7°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 14.5" | 8.2" | 7.1 | 0.0 |
| December | 40°F (4°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 11.8" | 10.5" | 16.9 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 74°F around July 28, short of 90°F on every date, while 23 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 32°F near December 24.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into January 5, then returns to freezing around December 14, covering 23 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 March 24, when 75% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is August 2 at 26%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 212 wet dates a year.
The widest day
July 26 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 19°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Tolt S Fork Rsvr.
Where Tolt S Fork Rsvr Stands Nationally
This is one of the wettest normals climates ranked: about 104 inches of precipitation in a normal year, a total fewer than one station in ten surpasses.
Among the steadiest day-night climates ranked: even the widest normal daily swing holds to roughly 19°F.
Tolt S Fork Rsvr earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 12.0"
22.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 9.4"
18.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 9.8"
22.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 4.7"
21.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.4"
17.8 days with precipitation
15.7 days with precipitation
9.4 days with precipitation
8.7 days with precipitation
12.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.2"
18.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 8.2"
22.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 10.5"
22.0 days with precipitation
Tolt S Fork Rsvr spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 11% of the annual total and December through February 33%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Tolt S Fork Rsvr has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry an unusually narrow 27.3°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: November averages 14.5" and August 2.4". The three wettest months together take 38% 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.
When it rains in Tolt S Fork Rsvr, it arrives in quantity
104.3" of precipitation falls across only about 211 wet days here, averaging 0.49 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
- 0.49 inches
- Most wet days
- March, about 23
- Fewest wet days
- August, about 9
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 Tolt S Fork Rsvr
Tolt S Fork Rsvr averages 55.2 inches of snowfall a year, with January the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 22 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: 55.2 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 22 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 5% 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
November 10
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 13
50% probability date
Growing Season
211 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
6,287
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
136
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
August
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside WA closest to Tolt S Fork Rsvr 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 (48°F here).
- Boone, IA 48°F · 0.0°F off
- Castleford, ID 48°F · 0.0°F off
- Concord, NE 48°F · 0.0°F off
- Crofton, NE 48°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (104.3" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Elfin Cove, AK 104.0" · 0.3" off
- Metlakatla, AK 105.2" · 0.9" off
- Craig, AK 99.9" · 4.4" off
- Petersburg, AK 110.2" · 5.8" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Tolt S Fork Rsvr
heating led · wet · low swing
Heating is the larger measured load in Tolt S Fork Rsvr, at 6,287 degree days versus 136 for cooling. Unlike a strongly continental record, however, its 27.3°F month-to-month range is compact; persistent cool-season demand matters more than a dramatic summer-to-winter reversal.
Tolt S Fork Rsvr's frost-free season lasts about 211 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
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1. Tolt S Fork Rsvr coldest normal
December
The monthly mean of 36°F (2°C) sits near freezing, so cold nights and above-freezing afternoons share the same month.
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2. Tolt S Fork Rsvr typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Tolt S Fork Rsvr snow peak
January
Tolt S Fork Rsvr averages 55.2 inches of snow a year, with January 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 Tolt S Fork Rsvr's primary station: TOLT S FK RSVR (USC00458508). 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 Tolt S Fork Rsvr; 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 Tolt S Fork Rsvr 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.