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CXUS56 KOTX 011913
CLMEAT

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE, WA
1213 PM PDT WED MAY 1 2013

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APRIL 2013 FOR NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON BROUGHT BROUGHT TYPICAL
SPRING CONDITIONS WITH SEVERAL ROUNDS OF CHANGING WEATHER.  SEVERAL
COLD FRONT PASSAGES RESULTED IN A WINDY MONTH. THE MONTH START OFF
WARM WITH WENATCHEE REACHING 76 DEGREES ON THE 1ST.  THIS WARMTH WAS
SHORT LIVED AS RAIN MOVED INTO THE AREA ON THE 4TH WITH HIGHS BACK
DOWN INTO THE 50S.  A STRONGER STORM MOVED IN ON THE 7TH BRINGING
RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW.  SEVERAL DAILY RAINFALL RECORDS WERE SET
WITH MOST LOCATIONS PICKED UP A HALF INCH OF RAIN.  IN THE MOUNTAINS
4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW FELL...WITH LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ON THE
WATERVILLE PLATEAU. ON THE 10TH AND 11ST A STRONG COLD FRONT BROUGHT
WINDY CONDITIONS TO WENATCHEE...AND CAUSED SOME POWER OUTAGES AROUND
PLAIN AND LAKE WENATCHEE.  A PEAK WIND GUST OF 51 MPH WAS RECORDED
AT WENATCHEE ON THE 11TH. TEMPERATURES FELL TO BELOW NORMAL FROM THE
12TH THROUGH THE 17TH.  SNOW ACTUALLY FELL AT THE WENATCHEE AIRPORT
ON THE MORNING OF THE 15TH BUT WITH NO ACCUMULATION.  ANOTHER BRIEF
WARM UP FOLLOWED BEFORE A COLD FRONT FROM CANADA BROUGHT A RETURN TO
BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES.  THIS FRONT BROUGHT STRONGER WINDS OUT OF
THE NORTHEAST AT THE WENATCHEE AIRPORT WITH A PEAK GUST OF 37 MPH.
THE DRY AIR MASS BEHIND THE FRONT BROUGHT MORE COLD NIGHTS TO THE
INLAND NORTHWEST WITH LOWS DROPPING INTO THE MID 20S TO LOWER 30S ON
THE 22ND.  TEMPERATURES WARMED AGAIN FROM THE 24TH THROUGH THE 26TH
BEFORE FALLING AGAIN WITH ANOTHER SERIES OF COLD FRONTS FROM THE
27TH THROUGH THE 29TH WITH PEAK WINDS AT WENATCHEE OF 45 TO 50 MPH.

TWO RECORDS WERE SET DURING THE MONTH AT THE WENATCHEE AIRPORT.  ON
THE 7TH RECORD DAILY RAINFALL OCCURRED WITH 0.45 INCHES.  ON THE
15TH A RECORD LOW HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 47 DEGREES WAS SET.


...THE WENATCHEE WA PANGBORN FIELD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2013...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1959 TO 2013

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART  LAST YEAR`S
                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM    VALUE  DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH              93   04/24/1977
 LOW               25   04/21/2008
HIGHEST            81   04/26        62      19       87  04/23
LOWEST             32   04/22        41      -9       30  04/07
                        04/17
                        04/15
AVG. MAXIMUM     61.7              62.2    -0.5     63.4
AVG. MINIMUM     40.6              39.7     0.9     40.9
MEAN             51.2              51.6    -0.4     52.2
DAYS MAX >= 90      0               0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32      0               0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MIN <= 32      3               1.5     1.5        1
DAYS MIN <= 0       0               0.0     0.0        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM         3.35   1967
 MINIMUM         0.00   2009
TOTALS           0.84              0.46    0.38     1.14
DAILY AVG.       0.03              0.02    0.01     0.04
DAYS >= .01         7               4.8     2.2        6
DAYS >= .10         3               1.5     1.5        4
DAYS >= .50         0               0.0     0.0        0
DAYS >= 1.00        0               0.0     0.0        0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    0.45   04/07 TO 04/07           04/25 TO 04/26

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL             MM   MM
TOTALS             MM                MM      MM       MM
SINCE 7/1          MM                MM      MM       MM
SNOWDEPTH AVG.     MM                MM      MM       MM
DAYS >= 1.0        MM                MM      MM       MM
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        MM                                 MM  MM
 24 HR TOTAL       MM                                 MM

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL     412               404       8      383
 SINCE 7/1       5183              5516    -333     5534
COOLING TOTAL       3                36     -33        6
 SINCE 1/1          3                38     -35        6
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              9.4
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    44/310    DATE  04/11
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    51/310    DATE  04/11

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.30
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR           17
NUMBER OF DAYS PC             10
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY          3

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     49

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                0     RAIN                       1
LIGHT RAIN                8     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       0
LIGHT SNOW                1     SLEET                      0
FOG                       4     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      1
HAZE                      1

-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.

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