Geography and Climate
Forks has an oceanic climate in a temperate rainforest with very high rainfall. Although there is drying trend in summer, rain is still abundant, just not as wet as the rest of the year. Forks averages 212 days per year with measurable precipitation. The Olympic rainforest surrounds the town.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.1 square miles (8.1 km2).
| Climate data for Forks, Washington | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 67 (19) |
75 (24) |
79 (26) |
85 (29) |
96 (36) |
98 (37) |
101 (38) |
102 (39) |
100 (38) |
88 (31) |
73 (23) |
65 (18) |
102 (39) |
| Average high °F (°C) | 46.6 (8.1) |
49.2 (9.6) |
51.8 (11.0) |
55.7 (13.2) |
60.4 (15.8) |
63.8 (17.7) |
68.2 (20.1) |
69.3 (20.7) |
67.3 (19.6) |
59.2 (15.1) |
50.8 (10.4) |
46.5 (8.1) |
57.4 (14.1) |
| Average low °F (°C) | 34.6 (1.4) |
35.1 (1.7) |
35.7 (2.1) |
37.6 (3.1) |
41.9 (5.5) |
46.0 (7.8) |
49.0 (9.4) |
49.2 (9.6) |
45.7 (7.6) |
40.9 (4.9) |
37.5 (3.1) |
34.6 (1.4) |
40.7 (4.8) |
| Record low °F (°C) | 3 (−16) |
8 (−13) |
12 (−11) |
21 (−6) |
25 (−4) |
30 (−1) |
34 (1) |
34 (1) |
24 (−4) |
21 (−6) |
8 (−13) |
3 (−16) |
3 (−16) |
| Precipitation inches (mm) | 14.65 (372.1) |
13.35 (339.1) |
10.98 (278.9) |
7.44 (189) |
5.51 (140) |
3.5 (89) |
2.34 (59.4) |
2.67 (67.8) |
4.15 (105.4) |
10.81 (274.6) |
16.01 (406.7) |
15.5 (394) |
106.91 (2,715.5) |
| Snowfall inches (cm) | 4.60 (11.68) |
1.91 (4.85) |
2.34 (5.94) |
0.20 (0.51) |
0.01 (0.03) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0.01 (0.03) |
0.60 (1.52) |
2.41 (6.12) |
12.08 (30.68) |
| Avg. precipitation days | 23 | 20 | 22 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 19 | 22 | 24 | 211 |
| Source:
Snowfall Record temperatures |
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