Ellensburg weather in June

In June, Ellensburg sees average daytime highs of 72°F and overnight lows near 49°F, with 0.7 in of rain across 4.6 wet days and about 15.6 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 69°F in the first days to 76°F by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 43% of the time in June, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 24 min at the start of June to 15 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, June is Ellensburg's 4th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ellensburg's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 72°; 3rd warmest
Overnight low: 49°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 0.7 in; 4.6 wet days
Daylight: 15 h 42 min; 4:12 AM – 7:52 PM
Cloud cover: 47%; 4th clearest
Wind: 7 mph; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 7.35 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.7; out of 10

Ellensburg is city in Kittitas County, Washington, United States.

Density: 1,052/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1883

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in June

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 69°F in the first days to 76°F by the end.

A typical June day in Ellensburg reaches about 72°F in the afternoon and slips back to 49°F overnight — a 23°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 61°F and 84°F. Set against its neighbours, June runs about 7°F warmer than May and about 9°F cooler than July.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Avg high (°F)	69	69	69	69	69	69	70	70	70	70	70	70	71	71	71	71	72	72	73	73	74	74	74	75	75	76	76	76	77	77
Avg low (°F)	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	48	48	48	48	48	48	49	49	49	49	50	50	50	51	51	51	51	51	52	52

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	69	47
2	69	47
3	69	47
4	69	47
5	69	47
6	69	47
7	70	47
8	70	47
9	70	47
10	70	47
11	70	48
12	70	48
13	71	48
14	71	48
15	71	48
16	71	48
17	72	49
18	72	49
19	73	49
20	73	49
21	74	50
22	74	50
23	74	50
24	75	51
25	75	51
26	76	51
27	76	51
28	76	51
29	77	52
30	77	52

How June really feels in Ellensburg

Once humidity and wind are folded in, June averages 0 days that feel above 90°F and 0 that feel at or below 32°F — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 90°F

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 32°F

wind chill below the day's low

June sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Ellensburg weather by month

How June compares with the rest of the year at a glance. June is the 3rd-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°F)	Rainfall (inches)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	34° / 24°	2.7	12.6	8.7	8.7	0.0
Feb	39° / 26°	1.9	9.1	6.3	10	0.0
Mar	47° / 30°	1.8	9.9	4.4	11.6	1.5
Apr	56° / 36°	1.3	8.1	0.8	13.3	3.9
May	65° / 43°	1.3	7.3	0	14.8	6.3
Jun	72° / 49°	0.7	4.6	0	15.6	7.7
Jul	81° / 55°	0.3	2	0	15.3	7.9
Aug	81° / 54°	0.3	1.8	0	14	8.1
Sep	71° / 47°	0.6	3.4	0	12.4	8.0
Oct	57° / 38°	1.6	7.2	0.5	10.6	4.4
Nov	42° / 29°	2.6	11.2	4.7	9.1	0.5
Dec	33° / 23°	3.1	12.7	9.6	8.4	0.0

Cloud cover in June

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 43% of the time in June.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of June, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 36%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Clearer (%)	52	53	54	54	55	56	56	57	58	59	60	61	62	63	64	65	66	67	68	68	69	70	70	71	71	73	73	74	74	76
Cloudier (%)	48	47	46	46	45	44	44	43	42	41	40	39	38	37	36	35	34	33	32	32	31	30	30	29	29	27	27	26	26	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	52	48
2	53	47
3	54	46
4	54	46
5	55	45
6	56	44
7	56	44
8	57	43
9	58	42
10	59	41
11	60	40
12	61	39
13	62	38
14	63	37
15	64	36
16	65	35
17	66	34
18	67	33
19	68	32
20	68	32
21	69	31
22	70	30
23	70	30
24	71	29
25	71	29
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	74	26
29	74	26
30	76	24

Chance of precipitation in June

Any precipitation

Ellensburg gets around 0.7 in of rain over 4.6 wet days in June. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 15% and peaks near 20% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Rain chance (%)	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	11

	Rain chance (%)
1	20
2	20
3	19
4	19
5	19
6	18
7	18
8	17
9	17
10	17
11	16
12	16
13	16
14	15
15	15
16	14
17	14
18	14
19	14
20	14
21	13
22	13
23	13
24	13
25	13
26	13
27	12
28	12
29	11
30	11

Humidity in June

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of June feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, June lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100

Wind in June

Winds average 7 mph in June, the windiest month of the year.

Across June, daily wind ranges from about 7 mph on the calmest days to 8 mph at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Wind speed (mph)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (mph)	Feels
1	7	calm
2	7	calm
3	7	calm
4	7	calm
5	7	calm
6	7	calm
7	7	calm
8	7	calm
9	7	calm
10	7	calm
11	7	light breeze
12	7	light breeze
13	7	light breeze
14	8	light breeze
15	8	light breeze
16	8	light breeze
17	8	light breeze
18	8	light breeze
19	8	light breeze
20	8	light breeze
21	7	light breeze
22	7	light breeze
23	7	light breeze
24	7	light breeze
25	7	light breeze
26	7	light breeze
27	7	light breeze
28	7	light breeze
29	7	light breeze
30	7	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in June

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 24 min at the start of June to 15 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 18 minutes over June. Sunrise moves from 4:18 AM to 4:16 AM, and sunset from 7:42 PM to 7:55 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Daylight (h)	15.4	15.4	15.4	15.5	15.5	15.5	15.5	15.6	15.6	15.6	15.6	15.6	15.6	15.6	15.7	15.7	15.7	15.7	15.7	15.7	15.7	15.7	15.7	15.7	15.7	15.7	15.7	15.7	15.7	15.7
Sunrise (AM)	4:18	4:17	4:17	4:16	4:16	4:15	4:15	4:14	4:14	4:14	4:13	4:13	4:13	4:13	4:13	4:12	4:12	4:12	4:12	4:13	4:13	4:13	4:13	4:13	4:14	4:14	4:14	4:15	4:15	4:16
Sunset (PM)	7:42	7:43	7:43	7:44	7:45	7:46	7:47	7:48	7:48	7:49	7:50	7:50	7:51	7:51	7:52	7:52	7:53	7:53	7:54	7:54	7:54	7:54	7:55	7:55	7:55	7:55	7:55	7:55	7:55	7:55

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	15.4	4:18	7:42
2	15.4	4:17	7:43
3	15.4	4:17	7:43
4	15.5	4:16	7:44
5	15.5	4:16	7:45
6	15.5	4:15	7:46
7	15.5	4:15	7:47
8	15.6	4:14	7:48
9	15.6	4:14	7:48
10	15.6	4:14	7:49
11	15.6	4:13	7:50
12	15.6	4:13	7:50
13	15.6	4:13	7:51
14	15.6	4:13	7:51
15	15.7	4:13	7:52
16	15.7	4:12	7:52
17	15.7	4:12	7:53
18	15.7	4:12	7:53
19	15.7	4:12	7:54
20	15.7	4:13	7:54
21	15.7	4:13	7:54
22	15.7	4:13	7:54
23	15.7	4:13	7:55
24	15.7	4:13	7:55
25	15.7	4:14	7:55
26	15.7	4:14	7:55
27	15.7	4:14	7:55
28	15.7	4:15	7:55
29	15.7	4:15	7:55
30	15.7	4:16	7:55

Solar energy in June

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in June, about 7.35 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.27 kWh/m² to a high of 7.71 kWh/m² in July across the year — June's 7.35 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.2	7.2	7.2	7.2	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.7	7.7
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	7.0	Intense
2	7.0	Intense
3	7.0	Intense
4	7.1	Intense
5	7.1	Intense
6	7.1	Intense
7	7.1	Intense
8	7.2	Intense
9	7.2	Intense
10	7.2	Intense
11	7.2	Intense
12	7.3	Intense
13	7.3	Intense
14	7.3	Intense
15	7.3	Intense
16	7.4	Intense
17	7.4	Intense
18	7.4	Intense
19	7.5	Intense
20	7.5	Intense
21	7.5	Intense
22	7.5	Intense
23	7.5	Intense
24	7.6	Intense
25	7.6	Intense
26	7.6	Intense
27	7.6	Intense
28	7.6	Intense
29	7.7	Intense
30	7.7	Intense

Planning a trip in June

Is June a good time to visit Ellensburg?

Our two travel scores rate June for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

7.7

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

5.5

Beach & pool

3rd-best month of the year

June is one of the better times to visit Ellensburg for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Ellensburg in June

From June's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In June, Ellensburg sees daytime highs around 72°F and nights near 49°F. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes. About 5 days see rain.

sun protectionlight clothes

UV index in Ellensburg in June

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in June peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ellensburg peaks around July 17 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 12 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	2	4	5	7	6	9	7	5	3	1	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	High	Very high	High	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	2	Low
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	5	High
May	7	Very high
Jun	6	High
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	7	High
Sep	5	Moderate
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Air quality in Ellensburg in June

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where June falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Ellensburg is worst in September — around 32 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 7.6× the cleanest month (December, 4 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	5	6	8	8	8	8	9	29	32	8	6	4
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	5	Good
Feb	6	Good
Mar	8	Good
Apr	8	Good
May	8	Good
Jun	8	Good
Jul	9	Good
Aug	29	Moderate
Sep	32	Moderate
Oct	8	Good
Nov	6	Good
Dec	4	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Ellensburg?

Ellensburg sits at 47.0°N, 120.5°W, 1,542 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Yakima, 27 mi away.

Topography around Ellensburg

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 2, 10 and 50 miles of Ellensburg.

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Ellensburg has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 236 ft around an average of 1,562 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,720 ft; within 50 miles, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 8,714 ft.

The land around Ellensburg is covered by grassland (35%), artificial surfaces (25%) and trees (22%) within 2 miles, grassland (63%) and cropland (26%) within 10 miles, and grassland (45%) and trees (40%) within 50 miles.

2 miles

236 ft

grassland 35%

10 miles

2,720 ft

grassland 63%

50 miles

8,714 ft

grassland 45%

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← May Ellensburg year-round climate July →Best places to visit in June

June weather nearby: Yakima 27 mi · Wenatchee 32 mi · Sunnyside 53 mi · Moses Lake 60 mi · Maple Valley 75 mi · Richland 78 mi · Covington 78 mi · Bonney Lake 78 mi

United States travel facts

Power plugs: Type A / B; 120 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 100% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $90,027; 2025
Happiness: 6.8 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 98%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 5.8; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 12.7; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Ellensburg (46.9965°, -120.5478°, elevation 1,542 ft), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	69	47
2	69	47
3	69	47
4	69	47
5	69	47
6	69	47
7	70	47
8	70	47
9	70	47
10	70	47
11	70	48
12	70	48
13	71	48
14	71	48
15	71	48
16	71	48
17	72	49
18	72	49
19	73	49
20	73	49
21	74	50
22	74	50
23	74	50
24	75	51
25	75	51
26	76	51
27	76	51
28	76	51
29	77	52
30	77	52

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	52	48
2	53	47
3	54	46
4	54	46
5	55	45
6	56	44
7	56	44
8	57	43
9	58	42
10	59	41
11	60	40
12	61	39
13	62	38
14	63	37
15	64	36
16	65	35
17	66	34
18	67	33
19	68	32
20	68	32
21	69	31
22	70	30
23	70	30
24	71	29
25	71	29
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	74	26
29	74	26
30	76	24

	Rain chance (%)
1	20
2	20
3	19
4	19
5	19
6	18
7	18
8	17
9	17
10	17
11	16
12	16
13	16
14	15
15	15
16	14
17	14
18	14
19	14
20	14
21	13
22	13
23	13
24	13
25	13
26	13
27	12
28	12
29	11
30	11

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	69	47
2	69	47
3	69	47
4	69	47
5	69	47
6	69	47
7	70	47
8	70	47
9	70	47
10	70	47
11	70	48
12	70	48
13	71	48
14	71	48
15	71	48
16	71	48
17	72	49
18	72	49
19	73	49
20	73	49
21	74	50
22	74	50
23	74	50
24	75	51
25	75	51
26	76	51
27	76	51
28	76	51
29	77	52
30	77	52

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	52	48
2	53	47
3	54	46
4	54	46
5	55	45
6	56	44
7	56	44
8	57	43
9	58	42
10	59	41
11	60	40
12	61	39
13	62	38
14	63	37
15	64	36
16	65	35
17	66	34
18	67	33
19	68	32
20	68	32
21	69	31
22	70	30
23	70	30
24	71	29
25	71	29
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	74	26
29	74	26
30	76	24

	Rain chance (%)
1	20
2	20
3	19
4	19
5	19
6	18
7	18
8	17
9	17
10	17
11	16
12	16
13	16
14	15
15	15
16	14
17	14
18	14
19	14
20	14
21	13
22	13
23	13
24	13
25	13
26	13
27	12
28	12
29	11
30	11

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	69	47
2	69	47
3	69	47
4	69	47
5	69	47
6	69	47
7	70	47
8	70	47
9	70	47
10	70	47
11	70	48
12	70	48
13	71	48
14	71	48
15	71	48
16	71	48
17	72	49
18	72	49
19	73	49
20	73	49
21	74	50
22	74	50
23	74	50
24	75	51
25	75	51
26	76	51
27	76	51
28	76	51
29	77	52
30	77	52

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	52	48
2	53	47
3	54	46
4	54	46
5	55	45
6	56	44
7	56	44
8	57	43
9	58	42
10	59	41
11	60	40
12	61	39
13	62	38
14	63	37
15	64	36
16	65	35
17	66	34
18	67	33
19	68	32
20	68	32
21	69	31
22	70	30
23	70	30
24	71	29
25	71	29
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	74	26
29	74	26
30	76	24

	Rain chance (%)
1	20
2	20
3	19
4	19
5	19
6	18
7	18
8	17
9	17
10	17
11	16
12	16
13	16
14	15
15	15
16	14
17	14
18	14
19	14
20	14
21	13
22	13
23	13
24	13
25	13
26	13
27	12
28	12
29	11
30	11

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100