Tacoma climate
Tacoma is warmest in August, with average highs of 25 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average 1.8 °C. November is the wettest month (183 mm) and July the driest (16 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Tacoma averages 1,179 mm of rain, 45 days above 25 °C and 31 days below freezing.
United States · 74 m elevation · population 222,906 · 1991–2020 normals
Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month
- Warmest month August 25 °C
- Coldest month February 1.8 °C
- Driest month July 16 mm
- Wettest month November 183 mm
- Least cloud July 44 % cloud
- Hottest on record July 37 °C
- Coldest on record February -12 °C
What to expectTacoma through the year
Tacoma has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 9.0 °C in February to 25 °C in August, a swing of 15 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 45 days a year reach 25 °C, 8 of them reach 30 °C, 31 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C, in July.
Rain is strongly seasonal. November averages 183 mm against 16 mm in July — 11 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.5 °C | 166 mm | 77 % |
| February | 9.0 °C | 116 mm | 72 % |
| March | 11.4 °C | 132 mm | 73 % |
| April | 14.2 °C | 101 mm | 69 % |
| May | 18.0 °C | 62 mm | 65 % |
| June | 20.8 °C | 41 mm | 61 % |
| July | 25.0 °C | 16 mm | 44 % |
| August | 25.4 °C | 25 mm | 45 % |
| September | 21.7 °C | 50 mm | 51 % |
| October | 15.3 °C | 112 mm | 67 % |
| November | 9.9 °C | 183 mm | 75 % |
| December | 6.8 °C | 176 mm | 79 % |
Temperature month by month
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Mean | Record high | Record low | Days above 25 °C | Days above 30 °C | Days below 0 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.5 °C | 1.9 °C | 4.2 °C | 15.5 °C | -10.5 °C | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| February | 9.0 °C | 1.8 °C | 4.7 °C | 18.2 °C | -11.9 °C | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| March | 11.4 °C | 3.1 °C | 6.5 °C | 23.5 °C | -5.1 °C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| April | 14.2 °C | 5.0 °C | 8.9 °C | 26.6 °C | -1.5 °C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May | 18.0 °C | 8.4 °C | 12.5 °C | 29.1 °C | 1.0 °C | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| June | 20.8 °C | 11.1 °C | 15.3 °C | 34.8 °C | 4.3 °C | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| July | 25.0 °C | 13.7 °C | 18.7 °C | 37.3 °C | 8.4 °C | 15 | 3 | 0 |
| August | 25.4 °C | 14.1 °C | 19.0 °C | 36.6 °C | 8.6 °C | 17 | 3 | 0 |
| September | 21.7 °C | 11.9 °C | 16.0 °C | 34.2 °C | 4.7 °C | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| October | 15.3 °C | 8.1 °C | 11.0 °C | 27.6 °C | -2.4 °C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| November | 9.9 °C | 4.4 °C | 6.7 °C | 18.3 °C | -10.8 °C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| December | 6.8 °C | 1.9 °C | 4.0 °C | 14.7 °C | -9.3 °C | 0 | 0 | 8 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 166 mm | 17 | 8.9 h/day | 77 % | 87 % | 17 km/h |
| February | 116 mm | 14 | 10 h/day | 72 % | 83 % | 16 km/h |
| March | 132 mm | 16 | 12 h/day | 73 % | 81 % | 17 km/h |
| April | 101 mm | 14 | 14 h/day | 69 % | 78 % | 16 km/h |
| May | 62 mm | 11 | 15 h/day | 65 % | 75 % | 15 km/h |
| June | 41 mm | 7 | 16 h/day | 61 % | 72 % | 14 km/h |
| July | 16 mm | 3 | 16 h/day | 44 % | 68 % | 13 km/h |
| August | 25 mm | 4 | 14 h/day | 45 % | 68 % | 13 km/h |
| September | 50 mm | 7 | 13 h/day | 51 % | 75 % | 14 km/h |
| October | 112 mm | 13 | 11 h/day | 67 % | 83 % | 16 km/h |
| November | 183 mm | 17 | 9.3 h/day | 75 % | 87 % | 17 km/h |
| December | 176 mm | 17 | 8.5 h/day | 79 % | 87 % | 17 km/h |
Where Tacoma ranks
| Ranking | Position | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Places with the best weather in North America in August | 6thof 50 | 93/100 |
| Places with the best weather in North America in July | 7thof 50 | 94/100 |
| Places with the best weather in North America in September | 13thof 50 | 92/100 |
| The coolest places in North America in June | 17thof 50 | 21 °C |
| Places with the best weather in North America in June | 19thof 50 | 91/100 |
| The coolest places in North America in May | 26thof 50 | 18 °C |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Tacoma.
QuestionsCommon questions about Tacoma’s climate
When is the best time to visit Tacoma?
That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. July, August, September sit closest to 20 °C on average, August is the warmest month and July the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Tacoma get?
In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 25 °C. About 8 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average 1.8 °C in February, the coldest month. A normal year has 31 nights below freezing.
Which month is wettest in Tacoma?
November, averaging 183 mm over 17 days with rain. The driest month is July with 16 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,179 mm.
Are these figures a forecast?
No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Tacoma rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.
Data sources and method
- ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
- Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
- NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
- GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0
- Normal period
- 1991–2020
- Dataset version
- era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
- Last processed
Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.
Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.