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Weather extremes

How extreme does Tri-Cities's weather get?

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

Based on 28 years of daily weather observations (1998–present), from the Pasco Tri Cities Ap station 7 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 Tri-Cities has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
115°F Jun 27, 2021

That is about 32°F hotter than a normal June afternoon in Tri-Cities (typical high near 83°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 115°F Jun 27, 2021recent
2 114°F Jun 28, 2021
3 113°F Jul 14, 2001
❄️ Coldest night
-19°F Jan 4, 2004

About 47°F colder than a normal January night in Tri-Cities (typical low near 28°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 -19°F Jan 4, 2004
2 -18°F Jan 5, 2004
3 -9°F Dec 16, 2016
🌧️ Most rain in one day
3.53 in Nov 24, 2000

More rain in a single day than Tri-Cities usually gets in the whole month of November (typical November total about 0.9 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 3.53 in Nov 24, 2000
2 1.10 in Jun 1, 2011
3 0.88 in Oct 30, 2016
Most snow in one day
5.0 in Jan 1, 2017

The three most extreme on record

1 5.0 in Jan 1, 2017
2 3.2 in Jan 8, 2017
3 3.0 in Dec 12, 2016

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 115°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Tri-Cities's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — June's 115°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, Tri-Cities'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 115°F and as low as −19°F. A single day has delivered over 4 inches of rain or close to 5 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 8 km from the city centre.

How we build these numbers →