August
August · June · July
United States · 1991–2020
August leads for comfortable weather in King: typically 26.4°C by day, 14.4°C at night, with 98 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.
August · June · July
July · August · June
September · May · October
The weakest month is January, scoring 5 against August’s 78 — days reach only -3.8°C, 28° below the 24°C the score treats as ideal.
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 | -3.8°C | -13.2°C | 36 mm | 6.1 | 9 h 12 | 5 | Strong coverage |
| February | -1.5°C | -11.6°C | 31 mm | 4.7 | 10 h 22 | 5 | Strong coverage |
| March | 5.2°C | -5.6°C | 50 mm | 5.9 | 11 h 46 | 5 | Strong coverage |
| April | 12.8°C | 0.8°C | 88 mm | 8.2 | 13 h 23 | 25 | Strong coverage |
| May | 20.1°C | 7.5°C | 104 mm | 9.7 | 14 h 45 | 58 | Strong coverage |
| June | 25.3°C | 13°C | 113 mm | 9.7 | 15 h 30 | 75 | Strong coverage |
| July | 27.8°C | 15.3°C | 93 mm | 8.1 | 15 h 12 | 74 | Strong coverage |
| August | 26.4°C | 14.4°C | 98 mm | 7.8 | 14 h 02 | 78 | Strong coverage |
| September | 22.1°C | 9.7°C | 85 mm | 8 | 12 h 27 | 73 | Strong coverage |
| October | 14.4°C | 3.1°C | 66 mm | 7.3 | 10 h 54 | 39 | Strong coverage |
| November | 6.2°C | -3.1°C | 51 mm | 5.4 | 9 h 32 | 5 | Strong coverage |
| December | -1°C | -9.4°C | 44 mm | 6.4 | 8 h 52 | 5 | 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 | 15.6°C25 Jan 1944 | -38.9°C31 Jan 1899 | 37 mm5 Jan 1939 | 100 mm1918 · driest 3 mm in 1981 | 130 |
| February | 22.8°C28 Feb 2024 | -40.6°C20 Feb 1929 | 61 mm22 Feb 1922 | 111 mm1922 · driest 0 mm in 1969 | 130 |
| March | 28.9°C30 Mar 1986 | -32.2°C5 Mar 1917 | 80 mm26 Mar 1906 | 144 mm2016 · driest 3 mm in 1910 | 129 |
| April | 33.3°C23 Apr 1980 | -14.4°C2 Apr 1924 | 76 mm27 Apr 1908 | 156 mm2011 · driest 9 mm in 1952 | 128 |
| May | 38.9°C31 May 1934 | -8.3°C2 May 1911 | 97 mm31 May 1954 | 253 mm1918 · driest 25 mm in 1981 | 127 |
| June | 39.4°C30 Jun 1910 | -1.1°C12 Jun 1903 | 116 mm22 Jun 1940 | 305 mm1940 · driest 18 mm in 1912 | 127 |
| July | 41.1°C12 Jul 1921 | 4.4°C3 Jul 1968 | 111 mm25 Jul 1979 | 309 mm1994 · driest 20 mm in 2014 | 125 |
| August | 40.6°C21 Aug 1955 | 0.0°C27 Aug 1915 | 91 mm22 Aug 1924 | 543 mm1939 · driest 16 mm in 1969 | 125 |
| September | 38.3°C4 Sep 2023 | -7.8°C30 Sep 1899 | 81 mm12 Sep 1916 | 293 mm1938 · driest 10 mm in 1976 | 126 |
| October | 32.2°C6 Oct 1963 | -14.4°C30 Oct 1925 | 78 mm23 Oct 2020 | 151 mm1900 · driest 3 mm in 1924 | 127 |
| November | 25.0°C1 Nov 1933 | -25.0°C30 Nov 1897 | 54 mm1 Nov 1985 | 158 mm1934 · driest 0 mm in 1976 | 126 |
| December | 17.8°C4 Dec 1998 | -33.3°C26 Dec 1914 | 54 mm14 Dec 2015 | 147 mm2015 · driest 0 mm in 1943 | 129 |
| Month | Days 25°C+ | Days 30°C+ | Frost nights | Heavy rain (10 mm+) | Snow days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 7 |
| February | 0 | 0 | 27 | <1 | 5 |
| March | <1 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 4 |
| April | 2 | <1 | 14 | 3 | 2 |
| May | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | <1 |
| June | 17 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| July | 25 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| August | 22 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| September | 10 | 1 | <1 | 3 | 0 |
| October | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | <1 |
| November | 0 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 2 |
| December | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 6 |
The best month has moved. On the 1961–1990 numbers the strongest month here was June (scoring 80); on 2011–2025 it is September (81). 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 | 0% | 18% | 3% | 13% | -7.3–-0.3°C |
| February | 0% | 17% | 3% | 11% | -5.2–2.0°C |
| March | 2% | 21% | 5% | 18% | 1.3–8.6°C |
| April | 15% | 26% | 9% | 28% | 10.1–16.4°C |
| May | 43% | 30% | 11% | 35% | 18.0–24.1°C |
| June | 64% | 31% | 12% | 35% | 23.4–28.4°C |
| July | 75% | 25% | 10% | 24% | 26.4–30.5°C |
| August | 72% | 26% | 10% | 26% | 25.0–29.2°C |
| September | 52% | 27% | 11% | 30% | 20.1–24.8°C |
| October | 21% | 21% | 6% | 21% | 12.3–19.2°C |
| November | 2% | 20% | 6% | 16% | 2.6–9.5°C |
| December | 0% | 19% | 3% | 14% | -4.8–2.0°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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