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Weather extremes

How extreme does Kennewick's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Kennewick has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.

Based on 50+ years of daily weather observations (1971–present), from the Kennewick station 3 km away. Updated through May 2026 — an all-time extreme only changes when a more extreme day actually occurs, so some dates are old. That is normal, not stale data.

The four kinds of extreme

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Kennewick has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
114°F Jun 30, 2021

That is about 32°F hotter than a normal June afternoon in Kennewick (typical high near 82°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 114°F Jun 30, 2021recent
2 112°F Jun 29, 2021
3 112°F Jul 1, 2021
❄️ Coldest night
-11°F Jan 31, 1996

About 40°F colder than a normal January night in Kennewick (typical low near 29°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 -11°F Jan 31, 1996
2 -11°F Feb 1, 1996
3 -10°F Feb 3, 1996
🌧️ Most rain in one day
3.03 in May 17, 2019

More rain in a single day than Kennewick usually gets in the whole month of May (typical May total about 0.8 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 3.03 in May 17, 2019
2 1.33 in Nov 19, 1996
3 1.21 in Oct 29, 1982
Most snow in one day
12.0 in Jan 9, 1980

The three most extreme on record

1 12.0 in Jan 9, 1980
2 7.0 in Jan 28, 2008
3 7.0 in Feb 10, 2019

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.

-30°-10°10°30°50°70°90°110°130° all-time high 114°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Kennewick's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — June's 114°F is about 32°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

In a normal year, Kennewick's warmest days reach the low 90s°F and its coldest nights drop to the high 20s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 114°F and as low as −11°F. A single day has delivered over 3 inches of rain or close to 12 inches of snow. Those are the outer edges worth knowing if you are moving here, planning a trip, or thinking about a house.
Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals, measured at Kennewick (NOAA GHCN station USC00454154), about 3 km from the city centre.

How we build these numbers →