Port Angeles climate — normals and trends
Port Angeles (United States) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 6.4 °C and it receives 1,717 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 August (13.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (0.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Port Angeles averages 82 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 180 rainy days per year.
Port Angeles has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 103 to 61 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.0 °C (on 28 June 2021) and the coldest -18.5 °C (on 16 December 1964).
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
Port AngelesWashington
- coords
- 48.12°, -123.43°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.4°C
Average daily high
9.5°C
Average daily low
3.6°C
Annual rainfall
1,717mm
Sunshine / day
8.8h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
11.6km/h
Seasonal range
12.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
82 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
180 d/yr
Annual snowfall
378.3 cm
Average feels-like high
7.5 °C
Average feels-like low
0.6 °C
Average peak gust
37.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.7 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.42 · 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
32.0 °C
28 June 2021
Coldest day
-18.5 °C
16 December 1964
Wettest day
93 mm
1 January 1965
Windiest day
40.8 km/h
13 October 1962
Strongest gust
144.0 km/h
15 November 2006
Hottest feels-like
34.2 °C
17 July 1941
Coldest feels-like
-24.5 °C
13 January 1950
Snowiest day
53.8 cm
1 January 1965
Sunniest day
15.7 h
16 June 2004
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 | 4.4 °C | +1.6 °C | 63 mm | -172 mm |
| Feb | 2.6 °C | -1.2 °C | 165 mm | -20 mm |
| Mar | 5.9 °C | +0.9 °C | 227 mm | +46 mm |
| Apr | 10.2 °C | +3.0 °C | 76 mm | -49 mm |
| May | 12.1 °C | +1.0 °C | 80 mm | -12 mm |
| Jun | 15.5 °C | +1.3 °C | 28 mm | -50 mm |
| Jul | 18.5 °C | +1.0 °C | 4 mm | -43 mm |
| Aug | 19.4 °C | +1.7 °C | 55 mm | -1 mm |
| Sep | 16.8 °C | +1.4 °C | 58 mm | -15 mm |
| Oct | 10.0 °C | -0.5 °C | 150 mm | -11 mm |
| Nov | 7.4 °C | +1.8 °C | 187 mm | -49 mm |
| Dec | 5.4 °C | +2.2 °C | 352 mm | +102 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Port Angeles?
Port Angeles has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.4 °C and it receives 1,717 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Port Angeles?
The hottest day measured in Port Angeles between 1940 and 2025 was 28 June 2021, reaching 32.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Port Angeles?
The coldest day measured in Port Angeles between 1940 and 2025 was 16 December 1964, at -18.5 °C.
Does it snow in Port Angeles?
Yes. Port Angeles gets on average 378.3 cm of snow per year and has around 82 frost days.
Has the climate of Port Angeles warmed?
Yes: Port Angeles warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Port Angeles?
The wettest day measured in Port Angeles between 1940 and 2025 was 1 January 1965, with 93 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Port Angeles?
The windiest day measured in Port Angeles between 1940 and 2025 was 13 October 1962, with winds reaching 40.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Port Angeles?
The warmest month in Port Angeles is August (13.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Port Angeles?
Port Angeles receives on average 1,717 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 180 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Port Angeles?
Port Angeles gets on average 8.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,212 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Port Angeles?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Port Angeles between 1940 and 2025 was 1 January 1965, with 53.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Port Angeles?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Port Angeles.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Port Angeles?
In Port Angeles, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 34.2 °C on 17 July 1941, and the lowest was -24.5 °C on 13 January 1950.
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