Climate averages 1991–2020
Bellingham weather
in July.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a mild month in Bellingham: daytime highs average 21.2°C and nights cool to about 13.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 32 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes July a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 43 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Abbotsford (37 km away). In July its highs average 22.4°C, 1.2°C warmer than Bellingham, with 49 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Bellingham ranks 496th of 498 for the warmest July highs and joint 159th of 498 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 498 cities is 30.3°C; Bellingham is 9.1°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 21.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 32 mm to 46 mm.
The annual picture
July in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Bellingham climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.4°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 213 | 18.6 | 8.89 h |
| February | 7.8°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 139 | 15.5 | 10.110 h |
| March | 9.8°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 171 | 18.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 12.5°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 122 | 15.2 | 13.714 h |
| May | 15.9°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 86 | 11.3 | 15.215 h |
| June | 17.9°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 64 | 9.4 | 16.116 h |
| July, selected | 21.2°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 32 | 5.1 | 15.716 h |
| August | 21.7°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 46 | 5.3 | 14.414 h |
| September | 19.0°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 81 | 9.1 | 12.613 h |
| October | 13.6°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 162 | 14.7 | 10.911 h |
| November | 8.7°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 240 | 18.8 | 9.29 h |
| December | 5.8°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 206 | 18.3 | 8.48 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
July in nearby cities
- Abbotsford in JulyCanada · 37 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 12.5°C · 49 mm rain
- Langley in JulyCanada · 40 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 13.4°C · 33 mm rain
- Surrey in JulyCanada · 46 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 13.0°C · 33 mm rain
- Maple Ridge in JulyCanada · 52 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 13.5°C · 80 mm rain
- Delta in JulyCanada · 55 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 14.2°C · 28 mm rain
- New Westminster in JulyCanada · 59 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 13.1°C · 53 mm rain
- Chilliwack in JulyCanada · 60 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 14.1°C · 61 mm rain
- Coquitlam in JulyCanada · 62 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 13.9°C · 60 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Bellingham) is explained once on the Bellingham year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.