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Weather extremes
How extreme does Moses Lake's weather get?
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Moses 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 Moses Lake has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.
That is about 34°F hotter than a normal June afternoon in Moses Lake (typical high near 80°F).
The three most extreme on record
About 48°F colder than a normal November night in Moses Lake (typical low near 29°F).
The three most extreme on record
More rain in a single day than Moses Lake usually gets in the whole month of April (typical April total about 0.7 in).
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.
Moses Lake's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — June's 114°F is about 34°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 Moses Lake Grant CO AP (NOAA GHCN station USW00024110), about 8 km from the city centre.