Washington · 25 cities · Nov 11, 2026

Washington soil temperatures (4 inch)

Median across the state, top 4 inches (modelled)52°FModelled by NOAA GFS, run Nov 11, 12:00 UTC (7 am Eastern). Warmest: Tacoma 54°F · coolest: Wenatchee 44°F
Cities
25
each on its own model grid cell
Change on a week ago
+5°F
median of the cities
Pre-emergent window open
0
of 25 cities today
Held 55°F last spring
May 5
median date

Soil temperature today, largest Washington cities

°F, today's average of the 0–4 in layer. Green band: 50–55°F. Bars start at 30°F, not zero.

Seattle54°FSpokane50°FTacoma54°FEverett52°FYakima50°FBellingham52°FKennewick52°FOlympia53°FLongview52°FMount Vernon52°FWenatchee44°FPullman50°F
Seattle54°FSpokane50°FTacoma54°FEverett52°FYakima50°FBellingham52°FKennewick52°FOlympia53°FLongview52°FMount Vernon52°FWenatchee44°FPullman50°F
Source: NOAA NCEP GFS, run Nov 11, 12:00 UTC (7 am Eastern).

Measured at 4 inches in Washington

Daily average of hourly probe readings (NOAA USCRN), latest full day. Measured, not modelled.

NOAA station4 in2 in8 inDay
Spokane 17 SSW43.7°F43.1°F44.4°FNov 9
Darrington 21 NNE47.3°F47.3°F48.9°FNov 10
Quinault 4 NE49.7°F49.9°F–Nov 10

All 25 cities in Washington

CitySoil todayvs a week agoNext 7 daysGrass seed
Seattle, WA54°F+4°F47°F–55°FToo late in the season
Spokane, WA50°F+4°F45°F–49°FToo late in the season
Tacoma, WA54°F+6°F47°F–55°FToo late in the season
Everett, WA52°F+6°F45°F–54°FToo late in the season
Yakima, WA50°F+1°F46°F–51°FToo late in the season
Bellingham, WA52°F+6°F45°F–54°FToo late in the season
Kennewick, WA52°F+5°F48°F–52°FToo late in the season
Olympia, WA53°F+7°F44°F–54°FToo late in the season
Longview, WA52°F+5°F44°F–52°FToo late in the season
Mount Vernon, WA52°F+5°F44°F–54°FToo late in the season
Wenatchee, WA44°F+3°F38°F–45°FToo late in the season
Pullman, WA50°F+6°F45°F–50°FToo late in the season

City numbers are the modelled average of the top 4 inches (0–10 cm), not a probe at exactly 4 inches. Measured 2, 4 and 8 inch readings · Washington by ZIP code

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Data: Global Forecast System (GFS) 0.25°, soil temperature 0–10 cm (TSOIL) (NOAA National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP)); U.S. Climate Reference Network (USCRN) hourly data, version 2 (soil temperature at 5 cm and 10 cm, air temperature) (NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)); GeoNames gazetteer (cities15000) (GeoNames).