Ocosta, WA Climate

Ocosta, WA has a mild climate year-round with relatively little precipitation. Summers are warm and sunny, while winters are chilly but rarely experience snowfall. Average temperatures range from 38°F in the winter to 65°F in the summer. The area gets an average of 48 inches of rain each year, most of which falls in the winter months. On average, there are about 205 sunny days per year, making Ocosta one of the sunniest places in Washington state.

Climate	Ocosta, Washington	United States
Rainfall		38.1

Climate

YOU SHOULD KNOW

Many people confuse weather and climate but they are different. Weather is the conditions of the atmosphere over a short period of time, and climate is how the atmosphere is over long periods of time.

Weather is how the atmosphere is behaving and its effects upon life and human activities. Weather can change from minute-to-minute. Most people think of weather in terms of temperature, humidity, precipitation, cloudiness, brightness, visibility, wind, and atmospheric pressure.

Climate is the description of the long-term pattern of weather in a place. Climate can mean the average weather for a particular region and time period taken over 30 years. Climate is the average of weather over time.