Climate averages 1991–2020
Yakima weather
in July.
A hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Yakima: daytime highs average 31.0°C and nights cool to about 15.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 3.3 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes July a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 26 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tri-Cities (108 km away). In July its highs average 34.2°C, 3.2°C warmer than Yakima, with 3.8 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Yakima ranks joint 194th of 498 for the warmest July highs and 89th of 498 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 498 cities is 30.3°C; Yakima is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 3.3 mm to 3.0 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Tri-Cities in JulyUnited States · 108 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 19.2°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Kennewick in JulyUnited States · 114 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 19.1°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Auburn in JulyUnited States · 152 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 13.5°C · 21 mm rain
- Kent in JulyUnited States · 157 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 14.1°C · 25 mm rain
- Federal Way in JulyUnited States · 159 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 13.3°C · 21 mm rain
- Renton in JulyUnited States · 162 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 14.0°C · 25 mm rain
- Tacoma in JulyUnited States · 164 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 13.8°C · 16 mm rain
- Bellevue in JulyUnited States · 170 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 13.6°C · 25 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.