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Weather extremes

How extreme does Wenatchee's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Wenatchee 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 Wenatchee station. Updated through March 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 Wenatchee has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
113°F Jun 30, 2021

That is about 33°F hotter than a normal June afternoon in Wenatchee (typical high near 80°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 113°F Jun 30, 2021recent
2 110°F Jun 29, 2021
3 109°F Jun 28, 2021
❄️ Coldest night
-9°F Dec 31, 1978

About 35°F colder than a normal December night in Wenatchee (typical low near 26°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 -9°F Dec 31, 1978
2 -9°F Jan 29, 1980
3 -8°F Jan 1, 1979
🌧️ Most rain in one day
2.72 in Aug 18, 1975

More rain in a single day than Wenatchee usually gets in the whole month of August (typical August total about 0.2 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 2.72 in Aug 18, 1975
2 2.04 in Jun 10, 1972
3 1.38 in Dec 10, 1987
Most snow in one day
23.0 in Jan 6, 2022

Close to a whole typical January's snow in one day (Wenatchee averages about 6 in across the month).

The three most extreme on record

1 23.0 in Jan 6, 2022recent
2 17.7 in Dec 9, 1971
3 11.0 in Nov 30, 1975

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 113°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Wenatchee's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — June's 113°F is about 33°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, Wenatchee's warmest days reach the high 80s°F and its coldest nights drop to the mid-20s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 113°F and as low as −9°F. A single day has delivered over 3 inches of rain or close to 23 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 Wenatchee (NOAA GHCN station USC00459074), inside the city.

How we build these numbers →