Covington climate — normals and trends
Covington (United States) has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Csb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.0 °C and it receives 1,676 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (16.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (2.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Covington averages 63 frost days, 4 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 172 rainy days per year.
Covington has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.19 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 80 to 46 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.9 °C (on 28 June 2021) and the coldest -22.4 °C (on 8 December 1972).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
CovingtonWashington
- coords
- 47.36°, -122.12°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.0°C
Average daily high
13.6°C
Average daily low
4.8°C
Annual rainfall
1,676mm
Sunshine / day
8.2h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
12.2km/h
Seasonal range
14.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
63 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
4 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
172 d/yr
Annual snowfall
103.6 cm
Average feels-like high
11.8 °C
Average feels-like low
2.2 °C
Average peak gust
35.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.6 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.41 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
41.9 °C
28 June 2021
Coldest day
-22.4 °C
8 December 1972
Wettest day
100 mm
7 January 2009
Windiest day
41.2 km/h
20 January 1993
Strongest gust
122.8 km/h
20 January 1993
Hottest feels-like
44.2 °C
28 June 2021
Coldest feels-like
-27.7 °C
8 December 1972
Snowiest day
36.1 cm
18 November 1946
Sunniest day
15.7 h
17 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.7 °C | +1.1 °C | 93 mm | -140 mm |
| Feb | 6.2 °C | -1.3 °C | 191 mm | +14 mm |
| Mar | 10.7 °C | +1.0 °C | 224 mm | +53 mm |
| Apr | 14.5 °C | +1.8 °C | 95 mm | -36 mm |
| May | 16.5 °C | +0.3 °C | 60 mm | -39 mm |
| Jun | 20.0 °C | +1.3 °C | 20 mm | -58 mm |
| Jul | 23.6 °C | +1.3 °C | 5 mm | -27 mm |
| Aug | 23.2 °C | +0.8 °C | 64 mm | +21 mm |
| Sep | 20.8 °C | +1.3 °C | 27 mm | -57 mm |
| Oct | 13.5 °C | -0.5 °C | 177 mm | +18 mm |
| Nov | 10.6 °C | +2.1 °C | 226 mm | -11 mm |
| Dec | 8.3 °C | +2.7 °C | 469 mm | +234 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Covington?
Covington has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.0 °C and it receives 1,676 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Covington?
The hottest day measured in Covington between 1940 and 2025 was 28 June 2021, reaching 41.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Covington?
The coldest day measured in Covington between 1940 and 2025 was 8 December 1972, at -22.4 °C.
Does it snow in Covington?
Yes. Covington gets on average 103.6 cm of snow per year and has around 63 frost days.
Has the climate of Covington warmed?
Yes: Covington warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Covington?
The wettest day measured in Covington between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 2009, with 100 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Covington?
The windiest day measured in Covington between 1940 and 2025 was 20 January 1993, with winds reaching 41.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Covington?
The warmest month in Covington is July (16.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (2.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Covington?
Covington receives on average 1,676 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 172 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Covington?
Covington gets on average 8.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,993 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Covington?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Covington between 1940 and 2025 was 18 November 1946, with 36.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Covington?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Covington.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Covington?
In Covington, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.2 °C on 28 June 2021, and the lowest was -27.7 °C on 8 December 1972.
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