United States · 1991–2020

Best time to visit
McChord Air Force Base.

July leads for comfortable weather in McChord Air Force Base: typically 24.9°C by day, 13.9°C at night, with 15 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.

Best comfortJuly

Typical high24.9°C

Typical low13.9°C

Rain in July15 mm

Comfort

July

July · August · June

95climate match

Beach

July

July · August · June

68climate match

Outdoors

May

May · September · June

89climate match

The weakest month is January, scoring 5 against July’s 95 — days reach only 9.1°C, 15° 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

59.1° / 3°

Feb

1510.3° / 3.1°

Mar

2312.8° / 4.6°

Apr

4215.7° / 6.6°

May

6919.3° / 9.5°

Jun

8421.8° / 11.9°

Jul

9524.9° / 13.9°

Aug

9525° / 14°

Sep

8321.6° / 11.7°

Oct

4516.1° / 8.3°

Nov

1211.5° / 4.8°

Dec

58.6° / 2.8°

Monthly climate evidence for McChord Air Force Base — daylight is calculated from latitude, everything else is measured
Month	Day	Night	Rain	Wet days	Daylight	Comfort	Coverage
January	9.1°C	3°C	154 mm	15.7	8 h 53	5	Strong coverage
February	10.3°C	3.1°C	102 mm	12.5	10 h 12	15	Strong coverage
March	12.8°C	4.6°C	113 mm	14.6	11 h 45	23	Strong coverage
April	15.7°C	6.6°C	85 mm	12.2	13 h 32	42	Strong coverage
May	19.3°C	9.5°C	48 mm	7.7	15 h 03	69	Strong coverage
June	21.8°C	11.9°C	37 mm	6.4	15 h 53	84	Strong coverage
July	24.9°C	13.9°C	15 mm	2.3	15 h 33	95	Strong coverage
August	25°C	14°C	20 mm	2.8	14 h 14	95	Strong coverage
September	21.6°C	11.7°C	41 mm	5.2	12 h 30	83	Strong coverage
October	16.1°C	8.3°C	105 mm	11.2	10 h 47	45	Strong coverage
November	11.5°C	4.8°C	162 mm	15	9 h 16	12	Strong coverage
December	8.6°C	2.8°C	156 mm	16.8	8 h 31	5	Strong coverage

Records at TACOMA #1, 1982–2026
Month	Record high	Record low	Wettest day	Wettest / driest month	Years
January	18.9°C19 Jan 2005	-8.9°C13 Jan 2024	93 mm9 Jan 1990	303 mm2006 · driest 14 mm in 1985	43
February	20.0°C27 Feb 1986	-11.7°C3 Feb 1989	75 mm8 Feb 1996	235 mm2017 · driest 6 mm in 1993	44
March	25.0°C29 Mar 2004	-9.4°C3 Mar 1989	54 mm13 Mar 2026	224 mm2014 · driest 33 mm in 1992	44
April	28.3°C18 Apr 2016	-1.7°C11 Apr 1991	63 mm4 Apr 1991	195 mm1996 · driest 22 mm in 2021	44
May	33.3°C28 May 1983	1.1°C8 May 1982	49 mm15 May 2011	112 mm1984 · driest 1 mm in 1992	43
June	40.6°C27 Jun 2021	2.8°C12 Jun 1982	38 mm11 Jun 2001	106 mm1984 · driest 6 mm in 2015	43
July	34.4°C19 Jul 2015	8.3°C8 Jul 1999	22 mm9 Jul 1995	70 mm1983 · driest 0 mm in 2004	41
August	35.6°C16 Aug 2020	5.0°C30 Aug 1984	38 mm30 Aug 1983	73 mm1991 · driest 0 mm in 2017	42
September	31.7°C1 Sep 1987	1.1°C29 Sep 1983	48 mm28 Sep 2013	211 mm2013 · driest 0 mm in 1990	43
October	27.8°C12 Oct 1991	-3.3°C31 Oct 2002	86 mm21 Oct 2003	269 mm2016 · driest 10 mm in 1987	42
November	21.1°C6 Nov 1999	-15.0°C24 Nov 1985	120 mm22 Nov 2011	292 mm1990 · driest 29 mm in 1993	44
December	20.0°C10 Dec 1993	-14.4°C23 Dec 1983	97 mm29 Dec 2011	311 mm2015 · driest 43 mm in 1985	43

Typical days per month at TACOMA #1, 1991–2020
Month	Days 25°C+	Days 30°C+	Frost nights	Heavy rain (10 mm+)
January	0	0	7	5
February	0	0	6	3
March	0	0	2	4
April	<1	0	<1	2
May	3	<1	0	2
June	6	<1	0	<1
July	16	2	0	<1
August	15	2	0	<1
September	5	0	0	1
October	<1	0	<1	3
November	0	0	4	5
December	0	0	7	5

How often, not how much — every day in TACOMA #1’s record sorted by what it was actually like, rather than averaged
Month	Warm & dry days	Wet days	Washouts	Week with 3+ wet days	Daytime mean has ranged
January	0%	50%	16%	64%	7.7–10.8°C
February	<1%	44%	10%	61%	8.4–11.9°C
March	2%	47%	12%	62%	10.8–14.6°C
April	12%	38%	7%	50%	14.5–17.4°C
May	37%	25%	5%	29%	16.8–20.9°C
June	62%	21%	4%	22%	20.2–24.0°C
July	89%	8%	1%	4%	23.5–27.0°C
August	90%	9%	2%	7%	23.9–25.9°C
September	65%	18%	4%	21%	20.4–23.0°C
October	11%	35%	10%	49%	15.1–17.7°C
November	0%	52%	18%	70%	9.9–13.1°C
December	0%	52%	17%	70%	6.4–9.7°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.

1983Each stripe is one year’s mean temperature against the 34-year average. Warmest: 2004. Coolest: 1985.2025

The evidence behind this page

Nearby, measured,
and named.

Place identity: GeoNames 7261245
NOAA station: USC00458278 · TACOMA #1
Station distance: 13.9 km from the place centre
Climate period: 1991–2020
Minimum month coverage: 27 usable years
Daylight: Calculated from latitude 47.13°, 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.

These places read the same station, so their numbers are identical — distance from TACOMA #1 is what differs

Tacoma→Federal Way→Parkland→Lakeland South→Fife→Edgewood→

Or put two places side by side: McChord Air Force Base vs Tacoma

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May

The whole year,without the guesswork.

Nearby, measured,and named.

Best time to visit
McChord Air Force Base.

The whole year,
without the guesswork.

Nearby, measured,
and named.