May
May · June · September
82climate match
United States · 1991–2020
Best time to visit
Yakima.
May leads for comfortable weather in Yakima: typically 23.3°C by day, 6.4°C at night, with 19 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.
Best comfortMay
Typical high23.3°C
Typical low6.4°C
Rain in May19 mm
July
July · August · June
68climate match
May
May · April · October
83climate match
The weakest month is January, scoring 5 against May’s 82 — days reach only 4.1°C, 20° below the 24°C the score treats as ideal.
Month by month
The whole year,
without the guesswork.
The bars show the comfort score. Day and night temperatures come from daily observed highs and lows; rain is the historical monthly estimate.
Jan
54.1° / -4.5°
Feb
148.3° / -3.3°
Mar
3613.5° / -1°
Apr
5618° / 1.8°
May
8223.3° / 6.4°
Jun
8126.9° / 9.7°
Jul
6932° / 12.8°
Aug
7031.3° / 11.8°
Sep
7926.2° / 7.2°
Oct
5617.9° / 1.8°
Nov
189.3° / -2.7°
Dec
53.3° / -5°
| Month | Day | Night | Rain | Wet days | Daylight | Comfort | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.1°C | -4.5°C | 30 mm | 6.3 | 8 h 57 | 5 | Strong coverage |
| February | 8.3°C | -3.3°C | 21 mm | 4.5 | 10 h 14 | 14 | Strong coverage |
| March | 13.5°C | -1°C | 16 mm | 4 | 11 h 45 | 36 | Strong coverage |
| April | 18°C | 1.8°C | 14 mm | 3.2 | 13 h 30 | 56 | Strong coverage |
| May | 23.3°C | 6.4°C | 19 mm | 3.7 | 14 h 59 | 82 | Strong coverage |
| June | 26.9°C | 9.7°C | 13 mm | 2.8 | 15 h 49 | 81 | Strong coverage |
| July | 32°C | 12.8°C | 5 mm | 1.3 | 15 h 29 | 69 | Strong coverage |
| August | 31.3°C | 11.8°C | 5 mm | 1.4 | 14 h 11 | 70 | Strong coverage |
| September | 26.2°C | 7.2°C | 6 mm | 1.6 | 12 h 29 | 79 | Strong coverage |
| October | 17.9°C | 1.8°C | 16 mm | 3.4 | 10 h 48 | 56 | Strong coverage |
| November | 9.3°C | -2.7°C | 22 mm | 4.6 | 9 h 19 | 18 | Strong coverage |
| December | 3.3°C | -5°C | 36 mm | 7 | 8 h 35 | 5 | Strong coverage |
What has changed
Yakima runs +1.4°C
on the 1961–1990 baseline.
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.
Jan
+1.3
Feb
+0.4
Mar
+0.8
Apr
+1.1
May
+2.0
Jun
+1.5
Jul
+2.9
Aug
+2.3
Sep
+1.9
Oct
+0.6
Nov
+0.7
Dec
+1.4
| Month | Record high | Record low | Wettest day | Wettest / driest month | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20.0°C18 Jan 1977 | -29.4°C31 Jan 1950 | 35 mm31 Jan 1963 | 94 mm1995 · driest 2 mm in 1985 | 80 |
| February | 21.1°C10 Feb 2022 | -31.7°C1 Feb 1950 | 22 mm1 Feb 1961 | 63 mm1961 · driest 0 mm in 1964 | 80 |
| March | 26.7°C27 Mar 2015 | -18.3°C4 Mar 1960 | 19 mm15 Mar 1987 | 67 mm1957 · driest 0 mm in 1973 | 80 |
| April | 33.3°C24 Apr 1977 | -7.8°C19 Apr 2008 | 28 mm24 Apr 1974 | 47 mm1995 · driest 0 mm in 1956 | 80 |
| May | 38.9°C30 May 1986 | -3.9°C8 May 1999 | 27 mm14 May 2011 | 70 mm1948 · driest 0 mm in 2001 | 80 |
| June | 45.0°C29 Jun 2021 | -1.1°C2 Jun 1976 | 38 mm20 Jun 1991 | 64 mm1991 · driest 0 mm in 2003 | 80 |
| July | 42.8°C28 Jul 2022 | 1.1°C7 Jul 1971 | 17 mm7 Jul 1963 | 18 mm1966 · driest 0 mm in 1953 | 80 |
| August | 43.3°C10 Aug 1971 | 1.7°C22 Aug 1960 | 42 mm21 Aug 1990 | 53 mm1975 · driest 0 mm in 1988 | 79 |
| September | 37.8°C3 Sep 1988 | -4.4°C29 Sep 1985 | 35 mm15 Sep 1986 | 53 mm1986 · driest 0 mm in 1999 | 80 |
| October | 32.8°C6 Oct 2014 | -15.6°C31 Oct 2002 | 26 mm28 Oct 1982 | 62 mm2016 · driest 0 mm in 1978 | 80 |
| November | 22.8°C10 Nov 1989 | -25.0°C23 Nov 1985 | 43 mm19 Nov 1996 | 72 mm1973 · driest 0 mm in 1990 | 80 |
| December | 22.2°C10 Dec 2025 | -27.2°C17 Dec 1964 | 35 mm31 Dec 1996 | 142 mm1996 · driest 2 mm in 1976 | 80 |
| Month | Days 25°C+ | Days 30°C+ | Frost nights | Heavy rain (10 mm+) | Snow days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 0 | 27 | <1 | 4 |
| February | 0 | 0 | 23 | <1 | 2 |
| March | <1 | 0 | 20 | <1 | <1 |
| April | 3 | <1 | 11 | <1 | <1 |
| May | 12 | 4 | 3 | <1 | 0 |
| June | 20 | 9 | <1 | <1 | 0 |
| July | 29 | 22 | 0 | <1 | 0 |
| August | 29 | 20 | 0 | <1 | 0 |
| September | 19 | 7 | <1 | <1 | 0 |
| October | 2 | <1 | 11 | <1 | <1 |
| November | 0 | 0 | 23 | <1 | 2 |
| December | 0 | 0 | 28 | <1 | 5 |
The best month has moved. On the 1961–1990 numbers the strongest month here was September (scoring 82); on 2011–2025 it is May (85). 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 | <1% | 20% | 2% | 22% | -0.8–6.6°C |
| February | <1% | 17% | 1% | 16% | 4.8–11.0°C |
| March | 6% | 13% | <1% | 10% | 11.0–15.4°C |
| April | 30% | 10% | <1% | 6% | 15.6–20.1°C |
| May | 67% | 10% | <1% | 7% | 20.2–25.7°C |
| June | 87% | 9% | 1% | 5% | 24.4–29.1°C |
| July | 96% | 4% | <1% | <1% | 29.0–34.2°C |
| August | 95% | 5% | <1% | 2% | 28.0–32.8°C |
| September | 86% | 6% | <1% | 3% | 23.1–28.2°C |
| October | 34% | 11% | <1% | 9% | 16.1–19.8°C |
| November | 1% | 18% | 1% | 18% | 6.7–11.3°C |
| December | <1% | 22% | 2% | 23% | 0.5–6.4°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.
The evidence behind this page
Nearby, measured,
and named.
- Place identity
- GeoNames 5816605
- NOAA station
- USW00024243 · YAKIMA AP
- Station distance
- 4.8 km from the place centre
- Climate period
- 1991–2020
- Minimum month coverage
- 30 usable years
- Daylight
- Calculated from latitude 46.60°, mid-month, sunrise to sunset including refraction. Not a station measurement.
- Important limit
- Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.