Pendleton weather by month & the best time to visit
🇺🇸 United States · small town · Mediterranean climate
The best time to visit Pendleton is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 93/100), with August and September close behind. Pendleton averages about 2,696 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 32°C / 90°F and roughly 8 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,696
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 93/100
- Rain / year
- 521 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈65 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 8 (very high)
- Population
- 17k
- Elevation
- 449 m
When is the best time to visit Pendleton?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Pendleton is July, then August and September. The dullest month is January (0/100, 60 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Pendleton?
Pendleton gets a lot of sun: around 2,696 hours a year. 93 Sunshine Score points separate July (93) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #144 of 580 destinations in United States for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,279 hours. The year's 521 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 6° / 43°F | -1° / 30°F | 60 mm | 1 |
| February | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 0° / 32°F | 49 mm | 2 |
| March | 28 | 12° / 54°F | 2° / 36°F | 58 mm | 3 |
| April | 57 | 16° / 61°F | 4° / 39°F | 51 mm | 5 |
| May | 85 | 21° / 70°F | 9° / 48°F | 56 mm | 6 |
| June | 87 | 25° / 77°F | 12° / 54°F | 41 mm | 7 |
| July | 93 | 32° / 90°F | 17° / 63°F | 8 mm | 8 |
| August | 92 | 31° / 88°F | 16° / 61°F | 13 mm | 7 |
| September | 91 | 26° / 79°F | 12° / 54°F | 19 mm | 5 |
| October | 73 | 18° / 64°F | 7° / 45°F | 41 mm | 3 |
| November | 21 | 11° / 52°F | 2° / 36°F | 54 mm | 1 |
| December | 0 | 6° / 43°F | -1° / 30°F | 71 mm | 1 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Pasco United States · 67 km · best in Sep · 2,745 h sun/yr
- Spokane United States · 236 km · best in Jul · 2,367 h sun/yr
- Redmond United States · 242 km · best in Jul · 2,712 h sun/yr
- Portland United States · 292 km · best in Jul · 2,058 h sun/yr
- Boise United States · 315 km · best in Sep · 2,989 h sun/yr
- Seattle United States · 329 km · best in Jul · 1,896 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Walla Walla United States · 62 km · 2,744 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Lewiston United States · 160 km · 2,521 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Yakima United States · 163 km · 2,597 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Pullman United States · 177 km · 2,523 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Wenatchee United States · 216 km · 2,301 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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