September
September · May · October
United States · 1991–2020
September leads for comfortable weather in King: typically 27.7°C by day, 13.5°C at night, with 92 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.
September · May · October
June · July · August
October · April · September
The weakest month is January, scoring 5 against September’s 75 — days reach only 8°C, 16° below the 24°C the score treats as ideal, and nights drop to -4.9°C.
Month by month
The bars show the comfort score. Day and night temperatures come from daily observed highs and lows; rain is the historical monthly estimate.
| Month | Day | Night | Rain | Wet days | Daylight | Comfort | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8°C | -4.9°C | 86 mm | 6.1 | 9 h 56 | 5 | Strong coverage |
| February | 10.7°C | -2.8°C | 91 mm | 6.5 | 10 h 48 | 13 | Strong coverage |
| March | 15.8°C | 1.8°C | 117 mm | 8.5 | 11 h 51 | 33 | Strong coverage |
| April | 21.4°C | 6.6°C | 132 mm | 7.6 | 13 h 04 | 59 | Strong coverage |
| May | 25.5°C | 12.2°C | 134 mm | 8.9 | 14 h 05 | 71 | Strong coverage |
| June | 29.8°C | 17°C | 86 mm | 6.9 | 14 h 38 | 66 | Strong coverage |
| July | 32.1°C | 19.1°C | 94 mm | 7 | 14 h 25 | 54 | Strong coverage |
| August | 31.7°C | 18.2°C | 89 mm | 6.8 | 13 h 33 | 58 | Strong coverage |
| September | 27.7°C | 13.5°C | 92 mm | 5.6 | 12 h 22 | 75 | Strong coverage |
| October | 22°C | 6.8°C | 96 mm | 7.1 | 11 h 12 | 67 | Strong coverage |
| November | 15.4°C | 1.5°C | 117 mm | 7 | 10 h 11 | 32 | Strong coverage |
| December | 9.7°C | -2.8°C | 94 mm | 6.8 | 9 h 41 | 9 | Strong coverage |
What has changed
Each bar compares the 2011–2025 daytime average for that month against the same month in 1961–1990, measured at the same station. Months where the older record is too thin to compare are left blank.
| Month | Record high | Record low | Wettest day | Wettest / driest month | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.1°C25 Jan 1950 | -30.6°C13 Jan 1918 | 191 mm30 Jan 2010 | 321 mm1950 · driest 1 mm in 1943 | 117 |
| February | 31.7°C28 Feb 2024 | -31.1°C2 Feb 1951 | 108 mm14 Feb 1949 | 251 mm1945 · driest 10 mm in 1947 | 118 |
| March | 36.1°C24 Mar 1929 | -17.2°C7 Mar 1967 | 183 mm19 Mar 2008 | 388 mm2008 · driest 10 mm in 1918 | 117 |
| April | 35.0°C19 Apr 1920 | -7.2°C4 Apr 1987 | 130 mm5 Apr 1997 | 362 mm2011 · driest 5 mm in 2001 | 119 |
| May | 37.2°C31 May 1913 | -2.2°C2 May 1909 | 125 mm12 May 1918 | 318 mm2011 · driest 14 mm in 1911 | 116 |
| June | 42.2°C29 Jun 2012 | 1.7°C3 Jun 1969 | 89 mm13 Jun 1925 | 340 mm1928 · driest 0 mm in 1930 | 118 |
| July | 43.3°C13 Jul 1980 | 7.2°C6 Jul 1972 | 130 mm8 Jul 1928 | 299 mm2023 · driest 0 mm in 1930 | 120 |
| August | 42.8°C9 Aug 1934 | 4.4°C29 Aug 1986 | 152 mm16 Aug 1926 | 369 mm1915 · driest 3 mm in 2007 | 119 |
| September | 42.8°C3 Sep 1954 | -1.1°C29 Sep 1967 | 112 mm23 Sep 2006 | 303 mm1993 · driest 0 mm in 2004 | 119 |
| October | 35.6°C11 Oct 1963 | -9.4°C21 Oct 1952 | 110 mm30 Oct 2009 | 377 mm2009 · driest 0 mm in 1904 | 118 |
| November | 30.6°C1 Nov 1950 | -16.7°C29 Nov 1958 | 127 mm18 Nov 2003 | 319 mm1994 · driest 0 mm in 1904 | 118 |
| December | 26.7°C3 Dec 1956 | -29.4°C9 Dec 1917 | 314 mm3 Dec 1982 | 543 mm1982 · driest 0 mm in 1989 | 121 |
| Month | Days 25°C+ | Days 30°C+ | Frost nights | Heavy rain (10 mm+) | Snow days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 0 | 25 | 3 | <1 |
| February | <1 | 0 | 20 | 3 | <1 |
| March | 3 | <1 | 13 | 4 | <1 |
| April | 9 | <1 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| May | 19 | 5 | <1 | 5 | 0 |
| June | 27 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| July | 30 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| August | 29 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| September | 23 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| October | 11 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| November | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | <1 |
| December | 0 | 0 | 21 | 3 | <1 |
The best month has moved. On the 1961–1990 numbers the strongest month here was October (scoring 77); on 2011–2025 it is September (80). Both are scored the same way, from the same station — only the climate underneath changed.
| Month | Warm & dry days | Wet days | Washouts | Week with 3+ wet days | Daytime mean has ranged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5% | 21% | 9% | 19% | 5.5–12.2°C |
| February | 10% | 23% | 10% | 23% | 7.7–14.3°C |
| March | 28% | 25% | 12% | 25% | 12.7–20.6°C |
| April | 52% | 28% | 13% | 30% | 19.9–24.6°C |
| May | 66% | 28% | 14% | 31% | 24.0–28.3°C |
| June | 75% | 25% | 12% | 25% | 28.4–32.3°C |
| July | 78% | 22% | 10% | 21% | 30.6–34.9°C |
| August | 79% | 21% | 9% | 19% | 29.6–34.8°C |
| September | 78% | 20% | 10% | 18% | 26.1–31.2°C |
| October | 62% | 20% | 10% | 19% | 20.6–25.3°C |
| November | 26% | 21% | 11% | 19% | 12.9–18.5°C |
| December | 5% | 21% | 10% | 20% | 7.7–13.6°C |
A warm and dry day reaches 20°C with under 1 mm of rain; a wet day gets 1 mm or more; a washout gets 10 mm or more. The week column is the share of seven-day stretches in that month, across the station’s whole daily record, that contained three or more wet days — the odds a week-long trip is rained on repeatedly, counted rather than modelled. The last column is the 10th to 90th percentile of that month’s daytime average across individual years: a narrow band means the average is what you will get, a wide one means the average is a midpoint between years that felt quite different.
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