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Tonasket, Washington Climate

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Tonasket 11NE, 16.7 km from Tonasket

The warmest month is August, with an average high of 77°F; the coldest is January, with an average low of 16°F. A normal year brings 17.5 in of precipitation.

Temperature through the year

The normal daily high and low and the record for every date at Omak Airport (OMK), since 1998. The line marks today.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Tonasket through the year, in °F, with the record for each date.-50050100150JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Normals for Sep 25

Normal high
64°F
Normal low
40°F
Record high
90°Fin 2003
Record low
30°Fin 2000
Daylight
12 h 00 min

Month by month

Averages for 1991-2020. Wet days have at least 0.01 inch of precipitation. Freeze nights have a low of 32°F or colder; degree days are on a 65°F base. Each month links to its own page.

MonthAvg highAvg lowRecord highRecord lowPrecipitationWet daysFreeze nightsHeating DDCooling DD
January29°F16°F61°F (2014)-13°F (2024)1.73 in31.01,3160
February33°F19°F62°F (2024)-2°F (2014)1.41 in27.21,0890
March41°F26°F75°F (2003)8°F (2019)1.40 in26.69800
April51°F32°F85°F (2016)19°F (2002)1.23 in15.46950
May60°F41°F96°F (2006)22°F (2008)2.14 in2.04510
June67°F46°F117°F (2021)31°F (1999)2.23 in0.527215
July77°F52°F109°F (2001)38°F (1999)0.82 in0.08878
August77°F52°F109°F (2023)38°F (2006)0.55 in0.07665
September68°F44°F104°F (2025)22°F (2000)0.72 in0.428712
October52°F33°F85°F (2022)5°F (2002)1.17 in13.46990
November36°F25°F68°F (2018)-6°F (2010)1.87 in25.71,0380
December28°F17°F74°F (2021)-9°F (2022)2.22 in30.81,3330
Year52°F33°F17.49 in1738,323170

Precipitation

Rain and melted snow together. The chance of a wet day is the share of days with at least 0.01 inch of precipitation.

17.5 in in a normal year, most in June.

Chance of a wet day

Frost and the growing season

NOAA's 1991-2020 freeze probabilities for Tonasket 11NE. A median date has an even chance of a later freeze in spring, or an earlier one in fall.

The last spring freeze typically comes around May 6 and the first fall freeze around October 6, a growing season of about 151 days.

Median at 36°F
last May 25, first September 25
Median at 32°F
last May 6, first October 6
Median at 28°F
last April 19, first October 18

Frost dates, growing season and degree days

Humidity and comfort

NASA POWER reanalysis, 1991-2020, for the grid cell around Tonasket.

Days with a mean dew point of 65°F or more are rare here in every month.

MonthDew pointHumidityDryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable
January19°F96%100%0%0%0%0%0%
February21°F91%100%0%0%0%0%0%
March26°F80%100%0%0%0%0%0%
April30°F68%100%0%0%0%0%0%
May37°F62%100%0%0%0%0%0%
June42°F60%99%1%0%0%0%0%
July46°F53%97%3%0%0%0%0%
August45°F52%99%1%0%0%0%0%
September39°F57%100%0%0%0%0%0%
October32°F71%100%0%0%0%0%0%
November26°F86%100%0%0%0%0%0%
December19°F94%100%0%0%0%0%0%

Comfort is judged by the day's mean dew point: dry below 55°F, comfortable to 60°F, humid to 65°F, muggy to 70°F, oppressive to 75°F, miserable above.

Clouds

Average share of the sky covered, from satellite (CERES and GEWEX SRB) by way of NASA POWER, 1991-2020.

The clearest month is July, with the sky 40 percent covered on average; the cloudiest is December, at 69 percent.

Wind

The mean wind speed over the whole day, from the MERRA-2 reanalysis by way of NASA POWER. Gusts run well above it.

The windiest month is April, averaging 5.1 mph at 10 meters (33 feet) above the ground.

Daylight and sunshine

The longest day is Jun 18, with 16 h 10 min of daylight; the shortest is Dec 18, with 8 h 16 min.

Hours of daylight at Tonasket through the year.0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Solar energy

Average daily sunshine reaching the ground on a flat surface, in kilowatt-hours per square meter, clouds included.

Sunrise and sunset calendar

How Okanogan County is running

NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance, from the nClimGrid analysis of every station, updated early each month. A rank of 1 is the highest or lowest of all years since 1895.

August 2026 in Okanogan County: 64.9°F (+1.3 °F against 1991-2020), the 18th warmest in 132 years on record.

August 2026 in Okanogan County: 0.81 in (+0.09 in against 1991-2020), the 55th wettest in 132 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Okanogan County: 48.0°F (+2.8 °F against 1991-2020), the 3rd warmest in 132 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Okanogan County: 8.44 in (-5.62 in against 1991-2020), the 6th driest in 132 years on record.

Warmest August
68.5°F in 2022
Coolest August
55.8°F in 1899
Wettest August
3.41 in in 1976
Driest August
0.01 in in 1955

Every year since 1895

Each year's average temperature in Okanogan County against the 1991-2020 average, in °F, 1895 to 2025.-6-4-20+2+4+61900192019401960198020002020NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance

Washington climate and rankings

Month pages

The weather in Tonasket in each month, day by day.

What this means

A normal is the average of the thirty years 1991 to 2020, the period the World Meteorological Organization and NOAA use for comparison. It is an average, not a forecast: most days depart from it, and some by a long way.

A record is the highest or lowest value on the date in every year the station has reported, back to 1998. It rests on one station, so a neighbor a few miles away can hold different ones.

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine come from a reanalysis: a weather model run over the past with every observation fed in, averaged over a grid cell about 50 km across. It is consistent everywhere on Earth; it smooths local detail such as a lake shore or a valley.

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Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00458521 (Tonasket 11NE), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00094197, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus. Rankings: NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance, public domain.