Yakima, WA

Washington · Records since 1946–2026

🌙 57°F Feels like 50°
Currently in Yakima
As of 7:15 PM PDT

Records for September 26

🔥 Record High

90°F

September 26, 1952

+15° from 75° normal

❄ Record Low

26°F

September 26, 1972

-16° from 42° normal
🌞 Normal high: 75°F 🌑 Normal low: 42°F 1991–2020 normals

All-Time Records — Yakima

🔥
113°F
Hottest Day Ever
Jun 29, 2021
❄
-25°F
Coldest Day Ever
Feb 1, 1950
🌧
1.70"
Wettest Day Ever
Nov 19, 1996
☃
14.8"
Most Snow in One Day
Nov 19, 1996

First & Last Dates — Yakima

How early and how late each seasonal turning point has ever arrived, across the full period of record

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Range ever recorded Normal date (1991–2020)
187 days
Longest growing season
2014
108 days
Shortest growing season
1999
149 days
Normal growing season
1991–2020 average

Top 10 Record Highs — September 26

# Temp Date
🏆 90°F September 26, 1952
2 90°F September 26, 1949
3 89°F September 26, 2003
4 89°F September 26, 1994
5 88°F September 26, 1991
6 87°F September 26, 2022
7 87°F September 26, 1963
8 87°F September 26, 1962
9 87°F September 26, 1954
10 86°F September 26, 2016

Top 5 Record Lows — September 26

# Temp Date
🥶 26°F September 26, 1972
2 29°F September 26, 1951
3 32°F September 26, 2000
4 32°F September 26, 1999
5 32°F September 26, 1971
About this data — Records are sourced from the NOAA Threadex dataset via RCC ACIS, a quality-controlled record for long-term climate stations. Threadex adjusts for station relocations and observation-time changes, making records comparable across all years since 1946–2026. Climate normals represent the 1991–2020 average.

Heat Wave Summary — Yakima

threshold: 97°F (90th percentile of historical Jun–Aug highs)
4.8
Avg heat wave length
days (historical)
102°
Avg peak temp
during heat waves
0
Dangerous nights 2026
Overnights ≥ 70°F
2
Heat waves 2026
so far

Days ≥ 90°F Per Year

1947–2026
42
2026 so far
37
Avg/year 1970–2025
48
Avg/year (last 10 complete)
71
Most in a year (2017)

Average Daily High by Decade

Full year · complete decades only

Longest Heat Waves — Yakima

# Dates Days Peak Avg High Avg Overnight Low
🏆 Jul 5, 2024 – Jul 22, 2024 18 106°F (Jul 9) 100°F 60°F
2 Jun 25, 2015 – Jul 10, 2015 16 108°F (Jun 27) 103°F 66°F
3 Jul 28, 2017 – Aug 11, 2017 15 103°F (Aug 3) 101°F 61°F
4 Jun 24, 2021 – Jul 6, 2021 13 113°F (Jun 29) 103°F 66°F
5 Jul 8, 2014 – Jul 17, 2014 10 107°F (Jul 16) 101°F 65°F
6 Aug 7, 1981 – Aug 16, 1981 10 103°F (Aug 8) 101°F 61°F
7 Aug 11, 1967 – Aug 20, 1967 10 102°F (Aug 18) 99°F 56°F
8 Jul 26, 1973 – Aug 4, 1973 10 102°F (Jul 27) 100°F 59°F
9 Jul 17, 2013 – Jul 26, 2013 10 102°F (Jul 20) 100°F 62°F
10 Aug 5, 1971 – Aug 13, 1971 9 110°F (Aug 10) 103°F 56°F

Heat Waves Per Year

Warm Summer Nights (Jun–Aug)

Nights where the overnight low exceeded the 1991–2020 normal low

49
2026 total
above-normal nights
40.1
Avg / summer
1970–2020
69
Most in a summer
2014

Above-Normal Summer Nights Per Year

Average June–August Low by Decade

Overnight lows · complete decades only

Precipitation

Annual totals and trend across the full period of record · see this year's standing →

Monthly Precipitation — Last 24 Months

Blue = actual · dashed line = monthly normal

Annual Precipitation Per Year (1946–2026)

Blue = above average · tan = below average · gold = 2026 (partial)
Since 1946, annual totals have trended -0.05" per decade, about -0.4" across the record.

Heavy Rain Days Per Year (≥ 1.0")

Compare year-to-year changes in days with heavy rainfall (≥ 1.0")

This Year — 2026

How Yakima is tracking against normal, year to date

Daily High Temperature vs Normal

Above normal Below normal

147 of 259 days with data were above the 1991–2020 normal high for their date.

Precipitation, Year to Date

4.85"
2026 YTD
Normal: 5.01"
-0.16"
1.68"
September so far
September normal: 0.23"
+1.45"
0
2026 heavy rain days
Days with ≥ 1.0"

Accumulation vs. Normal

Running total since Jan 1 against the normal pace for the same date · Yakima is 0.16" behind the normal pace

Period Review — Sep 18 – Sep 25, 2026

Any window, evaluated against every other year on record — 8 days

Quick picks: Last 7 days Last 30 days Last 90 days This month
Seasons: Spring (Mar–May) Summer (Jun–Aug) Fall (Sep–Nov)
63.5°F
Average temperature
15th-warmest of 81
+4.1°
vs. average
Normal: 59.4°F (1991–2020)

Average Temperature by Year — Sep 18 – Sep 25

1946–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend +0.18° per decade (warming since 1946)

Precipitation by Year — Sep 18 – Sep 25

1946–2025 · 2026 highlighted

Warmest Sep 18 – Sep 25 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1952 68.9°F
2 1994 67.1°F
3 1967 67.0°F
4 1962 66.6°F
5 1966 66.3°F
6 1976 66.1°F
7 1979 65.8°F
8 1974 65.7°F
9 2014 65.6°F
10 2024 65.3°F

Coolest Sep 18 – Sep 25 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1972 48.2°F
2 1996 50.9°F
3 1986 52.4°F
4 1958 52.6°F
5 1993 52.6°F
6 1988 53.3°F
7 1977 53.6°F
8 1970 54.1°F
9 1971 54.2°F
10 2007 54.4°F
About this data. Pick any start and end date and this becomes the same kind of review as the Month and Fall tabs, just for exactly the window you asked for — the generalized version of the same engine, evaluated across every year on record. Average temperature is the mean of each day's (high + low) / 2; precipitation is the sum of daily totals. A year missing more than about a fifth of the window's days is excluded from the temperature ranking; any missing day excludes a year from the precipitation ranking, since an unreported day is unreported rain. Ranges that cross from December into January aren't supported yet. Normals are the 1991–2020 mean for the same window.
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