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2025 Hazard Mitigation Plan <br />Kittitas County, Washington <br /> <br /> <br />Chapter 4: Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment 136 <br />Table 4-74. Future Climate Indicators for Kittitas County <br />Indicators <br />Modeled <br />History <br />(1976 – 2005) <br />Early Century <br />(2015 – 2044) <br />Mid Century <br />(2035 – 2064) <br />Late Century <br />(2070 – 2099) <br />Lower <br />Emissions <br />Higher <br />Emissions <br />Lower <br />Emissions <br />Higher <br />Emissions <br />Lower <br />Emissions <br />Higher <br />Emissions <br />Min – Max Min – Max Min – Max Min – Max Min – Max Min – Max Min – Max <br />Precipitation <br />Annual average total <br />precipitation <br />37 inches 38 inches 38 inches 39 inches 40 inches 40 inches 41 inches <br />35 – 38 36 – 58 35 – 55 35 – 63 36 – 56 35 – 62 35 – 60 <br />Days per year with <br />precipitation <br />(Wet Days) <br />156 days 155 days 154 days 153 days 153 days 152 days 148 days <br />152 – 160 145 – 172 142 – 170 137 – 176 140 – 170 137 – 173 128 – 167 <br />Maximum period of <br />consecutive wet days <br />17 days 17 days 17 days 17 days 17 days 17 days 17 days <br />16 – 18 15 – 21 15 – 21 14 – 20 15 – 21 15 – 19 13 – 22 <br />Annual Days with <br />Annual days with total <br />precipitation greater <br />than 1 inch <br />6 days 7 days 7 days 7 days 7 days 8 days 8 days <br />7 – 9 10 – 19 10 – 21 12 – 28 13 – 35 13 – 38 22 – 61 <br />Annual days with total <br />precipitation greater <br />than 2 inches <br />1 day 1 day 1 day 1 day 1 day 1 day 2 days <br />1 – 1 1 – 3 1 – 3 1 – 4 1 – 3 1 – 4 1 – 4 <br />Annual days with total <br />precipitation greater <br />than 3 inches <br />0 days 0 days 0 days 0 days 0 days 0 days 0 days <br />0 – 0 0 – 1 0 – 1 0 – 1 0 – 1 0 – 1 0 – 1 <br />Annual days that <br />exceed 99th percentile <br />precipitation <br />5 days 6 days 6 days 7 days 7 days 7 days 8 days <br />1 – 13 2 – 15 2 – 15 2 – 16 2 – 17 2 – 18 2 – 20 <br />Days with maximum <br />temperature below <br />32°F <br />52 days 43 days 40 days 36 days 33 days 32 days 21 days <br />50 – 55 36 – 48 32 – 47 26 – 46 19 – 43 18 – 43 9 – 36 <br />Hazus <br />A Hazus analysis was conducted for a 100-year and 500-year flood to examine the exposure and <br />damages of buildings to flooding. <br />100-Year Flood Analysis <br />The total economic loss estimated for the flood is $1,005.6 Million, representing 23.3% of the total <br />replacement value of the scenario buildings. Hazus estimates that about 338 buildings will be at least <br />moderately damaged. This is over 56.0% of the total number of buildings in the scenario. There are an <br />estimated 21 buildings that will be completely destroyed. Table 4-75 and Table 4-76 summarize the <br />expected damage by general occupancy and by building type, respectively, for the buildings in Kittitas <br />County.