Lake Tapps weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Lake Tapps, Washington: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at LANDSBURG, 23 km from Lake Tapps; records cover 1915–2025.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 59.7 in1516 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 20
- First fall freeze
- Oct 25
- Heating degree days
- 5,406
- Cooling degree days
- 131
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 21°−6° (heating, 99%) and 91°33° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Lake Tapps in January
Highs average 46°8° and lows 33°1°, with 8 in203 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 68°20° (1935)
- Record low
- 1°−17° (1950)
- Heating degree days
- 795
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Lake Tapps in February
Highs average 49°9° and lows 33°0°, with 5.4 in138 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 74°23° (1968)
- Record low
- 0°−18° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 676
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Lake Tapps in March
Highs average 53°12° and lows 35°2°, with 6.2 in157 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 84°29° (1928)
- Record low
- 12°−11° (1955)
- Heating degree days
- 651
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Lake Tapps in April
Highs average 59°15° and lows 39°4°, with 5.6 in141 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 89°32° (2016)
- Record low
- 23°−5° (1935)
- Heating degree days
- 494
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Lake Tapps in May
Highs average 66°19° and lows 44°7°, with 3.9 in98 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 102°39° (1983)
- Record low
- 25°−4° (1954)
- Heating degree days
- 317
- Cooling degree days
- 4
Lake Tapps in June
Highs average 70°21° and lows 48°9°, with 3.2 in80 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 112°44° (2021)
- Record low
- 31°−1° (1933)
- Heating degree days
- 187
- Cooling degree days
- 15
Lake Tapps in July
Highs average 77°25° and lows 51°11°, with 1.3 in33 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 101°38° (1926)
- Record low
- 31°−1° (2023)
- Heating degree days
- 75
- Cooling degree days
- 50
Lake Tapps in August
Highs average 77°25° and lows 52°11°, with 1.6 in42 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 102°39° (1981)
- Record low
- 29°−2° (1925)
- Heating degree days
- 70
- Cooling degree days
- 51
Lake Tapps in September
Highs average 71°21° and lows 47°8°, with 2.8 in72 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 97°36° (2006)
- Record low
- 28°−2° (1970)
- Heating degree days
- 197
- Cooling degree days
- 10
Lake Tapps in OctoberThis month
Highs average 60°15° and lows 41°5°, with 5.8 in146 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 88°31° (2022)
- Record low
- 17°−8° (2006)
- Heating degree days
- 454
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Lake Tapps in November
Highs average 50°10° and lows 36°2°, with 8.5 in216 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 76°24° (1949)
- Record low
- 4°−16° (1955)
- Heating degree days
- 666
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Lake Tapps in December
Highs average 45°7° and lows 32°0°, with 7.5 in189 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 72°22° (1937)
- Record low
- 0°−18° (1924)
- Heating degree days
- 824
- Cooling degree days
- 0