Wenatchee, Washington climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Wenatchee's normal year runs from 24°F January nights to 88°F July afternoons, with 7.8 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 10.7°C, January lows of −4°C, July highs of 31°C, 199 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationWenatchee Pangborn Airport
- Station IDUSW00094239
- Location47.40°N 120.20°W
- Elevation1,229 ft (375 m)
- From the center7 miles
- Population35,401
On October 22, the normal high in Wenatchee is 57°F and the normal low 38°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 21%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Wenatchee.
- Jan 34° 24°
- Feb 42° 27°
- Mar 53° 34°
- Apr 62° 40°
- May 72° 49°
- Jun 78° 55°
- Jul 88° 62°
- Aug 86° 61°
- Sep 77° 53°
- Oct 61° 41°
- Nov 44° 31°
- Dec 33° 25°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like in Wenatchee each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 88°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 24°F. The most precipitation falls in December (1.31 in), the least in August (0.23 in).
Each month has its own page with the day-by-day normals, the month's records and its recent years:
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34°F | 24°F | 28.9°F | 1.02 | 9 | <1 | 27 | 8 h 50 min |
| February | 42°F | 27°F | 34.5°F | 0.76 | 7 | <1 | 22 | 10 h 10 min |
| March | 53°F | 34°F | 43.1°F | 0.73 | 6 | <1 | 12 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 62°F | 40°F | 51.1°F | 0.57 | 5 | <1 | 2 | 13 h 30 min |
| May | 72°F | 49°F | 60.1°F | 0.77 | 6 | 1 | <1 | 15 h |
| June | 78°F | 55°F | 66.5°F | 0.50 | 5 | 4 | <1 | 16 h |
| July | 88°F | 62°F | 74.7°F | 0.24 | 3 | 15 | <1 | 15 h 40 min |
| August | 86°F | 61°F | 73.7°F | 0.23 | 2 | 13 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| September | 77°F | 53°F | 64.6°F | 0.23 | 3 | 3 | <1 | 12 h 40 min |
| October | 61°F | 41°F | 50.7°F | 0.62 | 6 | <1 | 3 | 11 h |
| November | 44°F | 31°F | 37.4°F | 0.85 | 8 | <1 | 17 | 9 h 20 min |
| December | 33°F | 25°F | 29.0°F | 1.31 | 11 | <1 | 27 | 8 h 30 min |
| Year (annual) | 61°F | 42°F | 51.2°F | 7.83 | 70 | 35 | 111 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1°C | −4°C | −1.7°C | 26 mm |
| February | 5°C | −3°C | 1.4°C | 19 mm |
| March | 11°C | 1°C | 6.2°C | 19 mm |
| April | 17°C | 5°C | 10.6°C | 14 mm |
| May | 22°C | 9°C | 15.6°C | 20 mm |
| June | 26°C | 13°C | 19.2°C | 13 mm |
| July | 31°C | 17°C | 23.7°C | 6 mm |
| August | 30°C | 16°C | 23.2°C | 6 mm |
| September | 25°C | 11°C | 18.1°C | 6 mm |
| October | 16°C | 5°C | 10.4°C | 16 mm |
| November | 7°C | −1°C | 3.0°C | 22 mm |
| December | 1°C | −4°C | −1.7°C | 33 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. Wenatchee's own co-op station Wenatchee station does: 17 inches of snow in a normal year (see the other stations below).
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00094239; annual normals. Wet days: 0.01 inch or more; 90°F days and freezing nights: NOAA's day counts. Daylight: sunrise to sunset on the 15th, computed from the latitude.
When is the best weather to visit Wenatchee?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June and September. Of those, September has the fewest days with rain (3).
That is a measurement, not a recommendation: it counts the months whose normal afternoon high sits between 65°F and 85°F, where a light layer is enough by day.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00094239.
When is the last frost in Wenatchee?
In Wenatchee, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 8 in half of years and after April 23 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 24 in half of years and before October 12 in one year in ten.
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- April 81 year in 10 after April 23; 9 in 10 after March 20
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 241 year in 10 before October 12; 9 in 10 before November 5
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 200 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 230 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 17 in half of springs and before November 4 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Wenatchee in zone 7a in ZIP code 98801, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Wenatchee's NOAA station is in zone 7a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 4°F (30 complete years).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Washington · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USW00094239; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; the station zone: ACIS daily lows, 1991-2020. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
How hot and how cold does it get in Wenatchee?
In a normal year in Wenatchee, 35 days a year reach 90°F (5 of them 100°F or more), 111 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 70 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 35a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 5a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 111a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 31high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 70a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1959) is 114°F, on June 29, 2021; the lowest is −21°F, on December 30, 1968.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1983, with 14.28 in; the snowiest season is 1996–97, with 72.8 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USW00094239; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USW00094239. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How humid and windy is Wenatchee, and how clear are its skies?
The summer (June-August) dew point averages 44°F. The muggiest month is July, with an average dew point of 46°F; the driest air comes in December (23°F). June is the windiest month (10.2 mph on average), and July has the most clear or nearly clear hours (94%).
| Month | Dew point | Humidity | Afternoon humidity | Wind | Clear or few clouds | Overcast |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26°F | 80% | 71% | 3.4 mph | – | – |
| February | 26°F | 65% | 50% | 5.1 mph | – | – |
| March | 30°F | 52% | 35% | 7.8 mph | 66% | 14% |
| April | 33°F | 44% | 28% | 9.3 mph | 74% | 11% |
| May | 40°F | 42% | 27% | 9.7 mph | 76% | 10% |
| June | 43°F | 38% | 24% | 10.2 mph | 85% | 4% |
| July | 46°F | 35% | 20% | 9.6 mph | 94% | 1% |
| August | 43°F | 41% | 25% | 8.5 mph | 90% | 4% |
| September | 39°F | 49% | 32% | 6.7 mph | 84% | 7% |
| October | 32°F | 66% | 50% | 5.0 mph | – | – |
| November | 26°F | 79% | 70% | 3.8 mph | – | – |
| December | 23°F | 84% | 78% | 3.1 mph | – | – |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 hourly normals, station USW00094239. Monthly averages of all hours; afternoon humidity at 3 p.m. local standard time; sky as the share of hours NOAA's observations rate clear or few clouds (a dash where NOAA publishes no sky value).
How sunny is Wenatchee?
Over a year 73% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Wenatchee, 3.8 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (86%) and December the cloudiest (54%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 56% | 1.2 |
| February | 64% | 2.1 |
| March | 63% | 3.1 |
| April | 67% | 4.6 |
| May | 70% | 5.7 |
| June | 74% | 6.3 |
| July | 86% | 7.0 |
| August | 85% | 5.9 |
| September | 79% | 4.3 |
| October | 69% | 2.5 |
| November | 58% | 1.3 |
| December | 54% | 0.9 |
Source: NASA POWER solar climatology, 2001-2020 (CERES SYN1deg). Satellite-based, for the 1-degree cell (about 100 km across) around the station, so it describes the area rather than the airport.
How much heating and cooling does Wenatchee need?
A normal year in Wenatchee brings 5,813 heating degree days, 8% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 807 cooling degree days, 11% fewer than the median (908). Seven months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 2,962 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,121 | 0 |
| February | 854 | 0 |
| March | 679 | 0 |
| April | 418 | 2 |
| May | 186 | 36 |
| June | 59 | 105 |
| July | 6 | 306 |
| August | 7 | 277 |
| September | 91 | 79 |
| October | 446 | 3 |
| November | 830 | 0 |
| December | 1,118 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 5,813 | 807 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00094239. A degree day is one degree of a day's mean temperature below 65°F (heating) or above it (cooling); utilities use them to estimate energy use.
Has Wenatchee been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 54.0°F, 2.8°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 51.2°F. 4 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 52.8°F | +1.5°F | 5.74 |
| 2022 | 49.9°F | −1.4°F | 9.92 |
| 2023 | 52.4°F | +1.2°F | 6.32 |
| 2024 | 53.0°F | +1.8°F | 8.22 |
| 2025 | 54.0°F | +2.8°F | 7.16 |
Over 65 complete years from 1960 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 1.1°F per century (+0.06°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USW00094239; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Wenatchee's climate compare?
Wenatchee is warmer than 64 of the other 95 places with their own NOAA record in Washington, and wetter than 7. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 51.2°F is warmer than 46%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Wenatchee is BSk: cold semi-arid steppe. What the classes mean.
Places with the most similar year elsewhere
Measured month by month on the normal high, low and precipitation, among places of 20,000 or more people in other states:
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for every station PlainClimate covers. Similarity: the root-mean-square difference of the 36 monthly figures, precipitation weighted so an inch counts like 6°F.
Which places near Wenatchee share this climate record?
4 places have no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of their own, and this station is the nearest full record. A place's own climate can differ from these figures, by several degrees where it sits much higher or lower than the station, nearer the coast, or inside a large city's heat; for the larger places the next nearest records are named with their yearly mean, so the spread around them is visible, and places of 50,000 or more have their own page with NOAA's gridded normals.
- East Wenatchee, WA14,330 people · 4 mi W
- Sunnyslope, WA3,674 people · 10 mi NW
- Rock Island, WA1,722 people · 3 mi SE
- South Wenatchee, WA1,083 people · 4 mi W
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
What do Wenatchee's other NOAA stations record?
One more NOAA station keeps 1991-2020 normals in or near Wenatchee. This page uses Wenatchee Pangborn Airport; the other differs by site and elevation:
| Station | From the center | Elevation | Year | Jan low | Jul high | Precip. | Snow | Last frost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wenatchee station USC00459074 | 1 mi SE | 626 ft | 52.5°F | 26°F | 89°F | 9.0 | 17 | April 4 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for each station. Last frost: the median last spring date of 32°F.
Questions about Wenatchee's climate
What is the coldest month in Wenatchee?
January, with a normal high of 34°F and a normal low of 24°F. The warmest is July (88°F by day, 62°F at night).
Does it snow in Wenatchee?
Yes. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Wenatchee's NOAA station; Wenatchee's own co-op station Wenatchee station records 17 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Wenatchee?
December, with 1.31 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is August with 0.23 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Wenatchee in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Wenatchee in zone 7a in ZIP code 98801, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Wenatchee's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 4°F (30 years, 1991-2020): zone 7a.
How late can frost come in Wenatchee?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 8; in one year in ten it comes after April 23. Waiting until April 23 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Wenatchee in OctoberThis month day by day, its records and recent years
- Washington climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Waterville, WA18 miles from this station, 45.2°F a year
- Quincy, WA21 miles from this station, 51.1°F a year
- Entiat, WA22 miles from this station, 51.4°F a year
- Leavenworth, WA25 miles from this station, 47.3°F a year
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