Climate averages 1991–2020
Yakima weather
in February.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Yakima: daytime highs average 6.0°C and nights cool to about -2.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 42 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 17 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tri-Cities (108 km away). In February its highs average 9.3°C, 3.3°C warmer than Yakima, with 23 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Yakima ranks joint 339th of 498 for the warmest February highs and joint 91st of 498 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 498 cities is 11.1°C; Yakima is 5.2°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 5.0°C to 10.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 42 mm to 33 mm.
The annual picture
February 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
Yakima climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.7°C-4.3°C | -4.3°C | 58 | 10.9 | 9.09 h |
| February, selected | 6.0°C-2.9°C | -2.9°C | 42 | 7.5 | 10.310 h |
| March | 10.9°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 33 | 7.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.6°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 19 | 4.7 | 13.514 h |
| May | 21.4°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 18 | 4.3 | 15.015 h |
| June | 25.6°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 9.5 | 2.5 | 15.816 h |
| July | 31.0°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 3.3 | 0.8 | 15.415 h |
| August | 30.2°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 3.0 | 0.8 | 14.214 h |
| September | 24.9°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 8.4 | 1.9 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.4°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 30 | 5.5 | 10.911 h |
| November | 7.9°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 52 | 9.0 | 9.59 h |
| December | 2.5°C-4.0°C | -4.0°C | 66 | 11.0 | 8.69 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
February in nearby cities
- Tri-Cities in FebruaryUnited States · 108 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low -0.3°C · 23 mm rain
- Kennewick in FebruaryUnited States · 114 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low -0.5°C · 23 mm rain
- Auburn in FebruaryUnited States · 152 kmHigh 8.8°C · Low 1.4°C · 135 mm rain
- Kent in FebruaryUnited States · 157 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low 1.7°C · 121 mm rain
- Federal Way in FebruaryUnited States · 159 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low 0.9°C · 135 mm rain
- Renton in FebruaryUnited States · 162 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low 1.7°C · 121 mm rain
- Tacoma in FebruaryUnited States · 164 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low 1.6°C · 115 mm rain
- Bellevue in FebruaryUnited States · 170 kmHigh 8.8°C · Low 1.5°C · 121 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 Yakima) is explained once on the Yakima year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.