Yakima, WA: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 36.5°F in Yakima, WA, the warmest winter since 2015, 8th warmest of 80.

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 36.5°F; Warmest since 2015; 8th warmest of 80
Precipitation: 3.10 in; Driest since 2022; 40th driest of 80

A normal winter in Yakima, WA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 32.9°F, between 29.3°F and 36.2°F in eight years of ten and 3.11 in of precipitation, between 1.49 in and 5.49 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Yakima, WA since 1947: 36.5°F in 2026; the highest is 38.6°F, in 1967.

Normal range, 29.3 to 36.2°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter in Yakima, WA from 1947 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank	Days missing
2026	36.5	8	44.9	7	28	9	3.10	41	0
2025	32.8	35	40.4	49	25.3	26	4.28	21	0
2024	35.5	12	42.4	27	28.6	6	3.85	30	0
2023	30.2	60	38.5	60	21.8	58	3.48	35	0
2022	31.7	48	40.5	46	22.9	50	1.79	68	0
2021	34.6	16	42.6	26	26.7	15	3.04	42	0
2020	35.9	10	45.4	5	26.4	17	1.82	67	0
2019	30.9	55	38.3	63	23.4	44	4.51	17	0
2018	36.2	9	44.9	7	27.4	12	1.45	74	0
2017	26.9	72	35.2	74	18.6	71	5.43	9	0
2016	35.7	11	44	11	27.4	12	6.19	5	0
2015	37.8	3	46.3	2	29.4	2	2.61	52	1
2014	31.6	50	40.9	41	22.2	55	2.05	64	0
2013	34.5	18	43.4	17	25.6	24	2.26	62	0
2012	32.1	45	42.9	22	21.4	63	2.62	51	0
2011	33	34	42	28	24	36	3.28	38	0
2010	33.3	31	40.9	41	25.7	22	3.95	27	0
2009	29.4	68	38	65	20.8	64	2.47	56	0
2008	32.2	42	41	38	23.3	47	2.57	55	0
2007	30.1	62	38.5	60	21.7	60	3.70	32	0
2006	31.9	46	40.4	49	23.3	47	4.83	14	0
2005	33.4	28	43.4	17	23.5	43	2.34	60	0
2004	31.4	52	38.4	62	24.4	32	4.99	12	0
2003	36.7	6	44	11	29.4	2	5.98	6	0
2002	34.8	14	43.7	14	25.8	21	2.29	61	0
2001	31.6	50	38.1	64	25.1	27	1.50	73	0
2000	33.9	25	41.6	32	26.2	19	2.93	44	0
1999	34.4	19	43.6	16	25.1	27	3.38	37	0
1998	32.8	35	40.8	44	24.7	30	3.58	34	0
1997	28.3	69	36.4	69	20.2	68	6.93	2	0
1996	29.7	63	37.7	66	21.8	58	5.27	10	0
1995	34.7	15	43.1	21	26.4	17	5.27	10	0
1994	34.2	22	41.8	31	26.6	16	2.43	57	0
1993	25.5	74	33.5	78	17.5	73	3.90	29	0
1992	36.6	7	45	6	28.1	7	1.17	76	0
1991	30.3	59	41.3	33	19.2	70	0.81	80	0
1990	34.3	20	42.8	23	25.9	20	1.79	68	0
1989	29.5	67	38.6	59	20.3	67	2.15	63	0
1988	31.8	47	40.9	41	22.8	51	3.98	25	0
1987	31.2	53	38.7	58	23.7	41	2.60	53	0
1986	27.8	70	35.2	74	20.5	65	4.10	22	0
1985	25	75	32.5	80	17.5	73	1.28	75	0
1984	30.2	60	37.5	67	22.8	51	2.97	43	0
1983	35.4	13	43.2	19	27.7	11	5.71	7	0
1982	30.9	55	39.8	53	22	57	4.44	18	0
1981	37.9	2	44	11	31.9	1	4.29	20	0
1980	29.7	63	36.5	68	22.8	51	4.86	13	0
1979	24.7	79	34.2	76	15.2	78	1.59	71	0
1978	34.6	16	41.1	37	28.1	7	6.40	4	0
1977	30.8	57	40	52	21.5	62	0.89	78	0
1976	34.1	23	43.2	19	25	29	1.89	66	0
1975	32.8	35	41	38	24.5	31	4.58	16	0
1974	34.3	20	44.3	10	24.2	34	4.74	15	0
1973	30.4	58	39.3	56	21.6	61	2.74	47	0
1972	29.7	63	39.5	55	19.9	69	2.64	50	0
1971	33.4	28	42.8	23	23.9	37	2.89	46	0
1970	33.7	26	40.5	46	27	14	6.43	3	0
1969	24.9	77	32.6	79	17.1	75	4.34	19	0
1968	34	24	43.7	14	24.3	33	3.19	40	0
1967	38.6	1	48.5	1	28.8	4	1.55	72	0
1966	32.3	41	40.7	45	23.9	37	3.23	39	0
1965	31	54	39.7	54	22.2	55	5.60	8	0
1964	32.8	35	41.9	29	23.8	40	1.60	70	0
1963	32.8	35	41.9	29	23.6	42	2.41	58	0
1962	32.2	42	41.3	33	23.1	49	2.91	45	0
1961	33.3	31	41.2	36	25.4	25	3.91	28	0
1960	29.7	63	39	57	20.4	66	2.67	49	0
1959	33.1	33	40.5	46	25.7	22	3.97	26	0
1958	37.5	4	46.3	2	28.7	5	4.04	24	0
1957	26.3	73	35.8	72	16.9	76	1.98	65	0
1956	24.9	77	34.1	77	15.7	77	7.28	1	0
1955	31.7	48	40.1	51	23.4	44	1.16	77	0
1954	33.4	28	42.7	25	24.1	35	3.41	36	0
1953	36.9	5	46	4	27.8	10	4.10	22	0
1952	27.1	71	36.3	70	17.9	72	2.68	48	0
1951	32.6	40	41.3	33	23.9	37	3.61	33	0
1950	25	75	36	71	13.9	79	3.76	31	0
1949	22.5	80	35.3	73	9.8	80	2.35	59	0
1948	32.2	42	41	38	23.4	44	2.60	53	0
1947	33.5	27	44.4	9	22.5	54	0.87	79	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1967	38.6
1981	37.9
2015	37.8
1958	37.5
1953	36.9
2003	36.7
1992	36.6
2026	36.5
2018	36.2
2020	35.9

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1949	22.5
1979	24.7
1969	24.9
1956	24.9
1985	25
1950	25
1993	25.5
1957	26.3
2017	26.9
1952	27.1

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1956	7.28
1997	6.93
1970	6.43
1978	6.40
2016	6.19
2003	5.98
1983	5.71
1965	5.60
2017	5.43
1996	5.27
More years share the last value

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1991	0.81
1947	0.87
1977	0.89
1955	1.16
1992	1.17
1985	1.28
2018	1.45
2001	1.50
1967	1.55
1979	1.59

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 72°F; 10 December 2025
Coldest night: 12°F; 25 January 2026, 24 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.87 in; 18 December 2025

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 3.10 in of precipitation in Yakima, WA, the driest winter since 2022, 40th driest of 80.
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Yakima, WA: 72°F on Wednesday 10 December 2025.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Yakima, WA: a low of 12°F on Sunday 25 January 2026 and Saturday 24 January 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Yakima, WA: 0.87 in on Thursday 18 December 2025.