Vancouver Pearson, 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 Vancouver Pearson's primary NOAA station, VANCOUVER PEARSON AP.
The climate verdict for Vancouver Pearson
A compact 28.7°F seasonal swing gives Vancouver Pearson, Washington a steadier-than-extreme annual shape. NOAA reports an annual average of 54°F. Its climate comfort score of 68/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 56% of station-mapped location scores.
- 54°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 68/100
- comfort score, above 56% of station-mapped location scores
- 37.5"
- yearly precipitation total
- 225 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Vancouver Pearson: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00094298 · Vancouver Pearson, WA 54°F mean · 37.5" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-NARROW · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 54°F
- RANK-MID #3,911
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Estacada
- PRCP-MID 37.5"
- SWING-NARROW 29°F
- COMF-MID 68/100
- LOAD-HEAT 4,400 HDD
- STN-1 USW00094298
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Estacada, OR (+ 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.
- Vancouver Pears… (this station) 54°F
- Cold Molalla, OR 54°F
- Hot Salem Mcnary Fld, OR 54°F
- Near Estacada, OR 54°F
- Near N Willamette, OR 54°F
Climate Living Index · Vancouver Pearson
Vancouver Pearson: 81/100 · grade B
Vancouver Pearson publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Vancouver Pearson, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 68/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 0 calendar days | 100/100 · A |
| Precipitation balance | 37.5 in · 2.5 from 35 in | 91/100 · A |
| Frost-free season | 225 days/year | 79/100 · B |
| Annual temperature balance | 54.0°F · 13.5° from 67.5°F | 56/100 · C |
Vancouver Pearson · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Vancouver Pearson is a temperate Köppen climate: Csb
Coldest-month mean 40.7°F and warmest-month mean 69.4°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
- 69.4°F
- Coldest month
- 40.7°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 Vancouver Pearson sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Vancouver Pearson's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 57th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- 52nd percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 92%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Vancouver Pearson is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Vancouver Pearson compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Vancouver Pearson's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
68 Top 44% score exceeds 56% 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%). Below this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). This entry sits in this band.
- 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 | 47°F (8°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 5.3" | 10.9 | 0.0 |
| February | 51°F (11°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 3.8" | 10.1 | 0.0 |
| March | 56°F (13°C) | 38°F (4°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 4.0" | 5.2 | 0.0 |
| April | 61°F (16°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 2.9" | 1.2 | 0.0 |
| May | 68°F (20°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 58°F (15°C) | 2.5" | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| June | 74°F (23°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 1.6" | 0.0 | 1.8 |
| July | 81°F (27°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 0.4" | 0.0 | 4.9 |
| August | 82°F (28°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 0.5" | 0.0 | 5.3 |
| September | 76°F (24°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 1.4" | 0.0 | 1.9 |
| October | 64°F (18°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 3.4" | 0.8 | 0.0 |
| November | 53°F (12°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 5.5" | 5.6 | 0.0 |
| December | 47°F (8°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 6.1" | 11.0 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The calendar barely moves in Vancouver Pearson: no date carries a normal high of 90°F or a normal low at freezing. The year runs between 34°F near January 1 and 83°F near July 27.
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 34°F around January 1.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is December 26, when 67% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is July 31 at 9%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 163 wet dates a year.
The widest day
September 3 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 Vancouver Pearson.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
20.0 days with precipitation
16.5 days with precipitation
18.7 days with precipitation
16.1 days with precipitation
13.1 days with precipitation
9.0 days with precipitation
3.6 days with precipitation
3.5 days with precipitation
7.4 days with precipitation
15.7 days with precipitation
19.0 days with precipitation
20.3 days with precipitation
Vancouver Pearson'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 7%. 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 28.7°F seasonal spread.
- Wettest month
- December, 6.1"
- Driest month
- July, 0.4"
- Wettest three months
- December, November, January (45% 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.
How Vancouver Pearson's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 163 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 37.5" between them, or roughly 0.23 inches on a typical wet day. That sits in the middle band: neither the many-light-days pattern of the Pacific Northwest and the Great Lakes, nor the few-heavy-events pattern of the Gulf and the desert Southwest.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year and say nothing about the heaviest single storm on record.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
November 9
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 29
50% probability date
Growing Season
225 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
4,400
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
400
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
August
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside WA closest to Vancouver Pearson 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 (54°F here).
- Boardman, OR 54°F · 0.0°F off
- Damascus, MD 54°F · 0.0°F off
- Elsberry, MO 54°F · 0.0°F off
- Estacada, OR 54°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (37.5" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Congerville, IL 37.5" · 0.0" off
- La Crosse, WI 37.5" · 0.0" off
- Wisconsin Dells, WI 37.5" · 0.0" off
- Albany, MO 37.5" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Vancouver Pearson's climate pattern fits together
heating led · moderate · low swing
Heating is the larger measured load in Vancouver Pearson, at 4,400 degree days versus 400 for cooling. Unlike a strongly continental record, however, its 28.7°F month-to-month range is compact; persistent cool-season demand matters more than a dramatic summer-to-winter reversal.
Vancouver Pearson's frost-free season lasts about 225 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 28.7°F band across the normal year. August and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar. The annual average is 54°F. Monthly rows still matter, but they refine a steady profile rather than reveal two climatic extremes.
Vancouver Pearson's 37.5 inches of annual precipitation falls in PlainClimate's middle band, so “wet” or “dry” is not the leading description. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. Temperature balance and the calendar distribution carry more information than the annual moisture label alone.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Vancouver Pearson'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 Vancouver Pearson, 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 Vancouver Pearson's primary station: VANCOUVER PEARSON AP (USW00094298). 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 Vancouver Pearson; 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 Vancouver Pearson 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.