Garfield weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Garfield, Washington: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Potlatch 3 Nne, 22 km from Garfield; records cover 1915–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 24.5 in622 mm
- Snow a year
- 41 in105 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 22
- First fall freeze
- Sep 12
- Heating degree days
- 6,803
- Cooling degree days
- 222
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 3°−16° (heating, 99%) and 96°36° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Garfield in January
Highs average 37°3° and lows 26°−4°, with 2.8 in70 mm of precipitation and 13 in33 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 62°17° (2015)
- Record low
- −30°−34° (1950)
- Heating degree days
- 1042
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Garfield in February
Highs average 41°5° and lows 26°−3°, with 2.1 in53 mm of precipitation and 8 in19 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 65°18° (1958)
- Record low
- −27°−33° (1996)
- Heating degree days
- 880
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Garfield in March
Highs average 48°9° and lows 30°−1°, with 2.8 in71 mm of precipitation and 3 in8 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 76°24° (2025)
- Record low
- −13°−25° (1955)
- Heating degree days
- 809
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Garfield in April
Highs average 56°13° and lows 34°1°, with 2.3 in59 mm of precipitation and 1.3 in3.3 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 90°32° (1946)
- Record low
- 15°−9° (1927)
- Heating degree days
- 604
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Garfield in May
Highs average 65°18° and lows 40°4°, with 2.5 in63 mm of precipitation and 0.2 in0.5 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 95°35° (1928)
- Record low
- 18°−8° (1954)
- Heating degree days
- 388
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Garfield in June
Highs average 71°21° and lows 45°7°, with 1.6 in41 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 107°42° (2021)
- Record low
- 25°−4° (1976)
- Heating degree days
- 231
- Cooling degree days
- 15
Garfield in July
Highs average 82°28° and lows 49°9°, with 0.84 in21 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 104°40° (1918)
- Record low
- 27°−3° (1977)
- Heating degree days
- 75
- Cooling degree days
- 89
Garfield in August
Highs average 84°29° and lows 48°9°, with 0.75 in19 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 110°43° (1961)
- Record low
- 25°−4° (1980)
- Heating degree days
- 71
- Cooling degree days
- 94
Garfield in September
Highs average 74°23° and lows 42°5°, with 0.95 in24 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 104°40° (2022)
- Record low
- 14°−10° (1926)
- Heating degree days
- 236
- Cooling degree days
- 22
Garfield in OctoberThis month
Highs average 59°15° and lows 35°1°, with 2.2 in55 mm of precipitation and 0.2 in0.5 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 90°32° (1987)
- Record low
- 9°−13° (1971)
- Heating degree days
- 564
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Garfield in November
Highs average 44°7° and lows 30°−1°, with 2.9 in72 mm of precipitation and 5 in13 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 71°22° (1917)
- Record low
- −16°−27° (1955)
- Heating degree days
- 837
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Garfield in December
Highs average 36°2° and lows 25°−4°, with 2.9 in74 mm of precipitation and 11 in27 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 65°18° (1939)
- Record low
- −29°−34° (1968)
- Heating degree days
- 1066
- Cooling degree days
- 0