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Weather extremes
How extreme does Tacoma's weather get?
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Tacoma 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 Tacoma 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 Tacoma (typical high near 71°F).
The three most extreme on record
About 37°F colder than a normal January night in Tacoma (typical low near 37°F).
The three most extreme on record
About 73% of a typical November's rain in a single day (Tacoma averages roughly 6.5 in across the month).
The three most extreme on record
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.
Tacoma's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — June's 105°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 Tacoma #1 (NOAA GHCN station USC00458278), about 3 km from the city centre.