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Weather extremes
How extreme does Cottage Lake's weather get?
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Cottage Lake has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.
The four kinds of extreme
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Cottage Lake has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.
That is about 37°F hotter than a normal June afternoon in Cottage Lake (typical high near 70°F).
The three most extreme on record
About 27°F colder than a normal December night in Cottage Lake (typical low near 37°F).
The three most extreme on record
About 75% of a typical December's rain in a single day (Cottage Lake averages roughly 5.6 in across the month).
The three most extreme on record
Close to a whole typical December's snow in one day (Cottage Lake averages about 2 in across the month).
The three most extreme on record
How hot and cold it gets, month by month
The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.
Cottage Lake's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — June's 107°F is about 37°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.
In plain terms
Methodology & sources
Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals, measured at Seattle Tacoma AP (NOAA GHCN station USW00024233), about 38 km from the city centre.