Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Selah, WA

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Selah 2 NE, WA, 5 miles southeast of Selah at 1,120 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 88°F and low of 54°F; December is the coolest, at 37°F and 21°F. December is the wettest at 1.4 inches of precipitation on average and July and August the driest at 0.2 inches; the year adds up to 8.6 inches over 25 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 39 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 168 nights a year. That 8.6 inches is more than at 11 of the 86 Washington stations used on this site (13%). Tieton, 9 miles west, has its own station (Yakima #2, WA): 8.6 inches a year, the same as here, and the same July average high, 88°F.

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 29 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Selah: 19 floods, 5 thunderstorm wind reports, 4 flash floods and 1 heavy rain event. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $10,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 70 mph, on May 21, 2015.

Flood insurance policyholders in Selah's ZIP code 98942 have filed 50 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1980, and were paid $761,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Flooding in 1996: 12 claims (24% of all) and $451,000. The year with the most claims was 1980, with 10. 28% of the claims carry the name of a storm or flood event; the rest have no event name. Of the 128 Washington cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 63 have fewer than Selah.