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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE, WA
527 AM PDT WED AUG 1 2012

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...THE SPOKANE WA AIRPORT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JULY 2012...

JULY 2012 WAS A VERY ACTIVE MONTH IN TERMS OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER
NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND THE NORTH IDAHO PANHANDLE.  AFTER A BRIEF
COOL PERIOD ON THE 4TH OF JULY THE PERIOD FROM THE 7TH THROUGH THE
20TH WAS WARM AND MUGGY WITH SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS.  MUCH
QUIETER CONDITIONS FINISHED OUT THE MONTH FROM THE 21ST ONWARD.

THERE WAS ONE SPELL OF COOL TEMPERATURES ON THE 4TH AND 5TH OF JULY
AS A COOLER AND DRY AIR MASS WAS OVER THE INLAND NORTHWEST.  ON THE
5TH DAVENPORT REACHED THE FREEZING MARK WITH A RECORD LOW
TEMPERATURE FOR THE DATE AT 32 DEGREES.  DEER PARK ON THE 4TH
DROPPED TO A CHILLY 34 DEGREES.  SPOKANE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT LOW
OF 43 ON THE 4TH OF JULY WAS 1 DEGREE SHY OF THE RECORD OF 42
DEGREES.

SPOKANE REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS ON THE 3RD...12TH THROUGH THE
17TH...AND 20TH.  ON THE 14TH NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL FELL IN
SOUTHEAST SPOKANE AS WELL AS HEAVY RAIN WHICH FLOODED A SECTION OF
INTERSTATE 90.  ON THE 20TH THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS OF THE MONTH
TRACKED ACROSS THE IDAHO PANHANDLE.  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT
BROUGHT BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AND DENTED VEHICLES IN JULIETTA AND
LENORE BECAME MORE OF A WIND MAKER AS IT TRACKED NORTHWARD INTO THE
IDAHO PANHANDLE.  SEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES WERE KNOCKED DOWN BY
60 MPH WIND GUSTS FROM KELLOGG NORTHWARD TOWARDS PRIEST LAKE AND
SANDPOINT.  PRIEST LAKE WAS HIT ESPECIALLY HARD WITH EXTENSIVE
DAMAGE TO RV`S...CARS...AND CABINS.  ONE TREE FELL ON A MOVING
VEHICLE RESULTING IN ONE FATALITY.  STRONG WINDS ALSO IMPACTED
COLVILLE AND KETTLE FALLS WITH DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES.  HEAVY
RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALSO RESULTED IN LOCAL FLOODING.

NO RECORDS WERE SET AT SPOKANE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT DURING THE
MONTH OF JULY.

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CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1881 TO 2012

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART  LAST YEAR`S
                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM    VALUE  DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH             108   07/26/1928
 LOW               37   07/08/1981
HIGHEST            98   07/08        MM      MM       91  07/30
LOWEST             43   07/04        MM      MM       46  07/01
AVG. MAXIMUM     85.3              83.3     2.0     79.7
AVG. MINIMUM     58.9              56.3     2.6     53.6
MEAN             72.1              69.8     2.3     66.7
DAYS MAX >= 90      9               7.2     1.8        3
DAYS MAX <= 32      0               0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MIN <= 32      0               0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MIN <= 0       0               0.0     0.0        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM         2.37   1909
 MINIMUM         0.00   1883
TOTALS           0.84              0.64    0.20     0.53
DAILY AVG.       0.03              0.02    0.01     0.02
DAYS >= .01         3               5.0    -2.0        7
DAYS >= .10         2               2.1    -0.1        2
DAYS >= .50         1               0.2     0.8        0
DAYS >= 1.00        0               0.0     0.0        0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    0.57   07/17

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL              T   MM
TOTALS            0.0               0.0     0.0      0.0
SINCE 7/1         0.0               0.0     0.0      0.0
SNOWDEPTH AVG.      0                MM      MM        0
DAYS >= 1.0         0               0.0     0.0        0
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH         0                                  0
 24 HR TOTAL      0.0

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL      20                32     -12       40
 SINCE 7/1         20                32     -12       40
COOLING TOTAL     251               180      71      103
 SINCE 1/1        281               243      38      126
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              6.6
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    32/240    DATE  07/03
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    40/250    DATE  07/03

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.40
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR           16
NUMBER OF DAYS PC             12
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY          3

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     51

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                2     RAIN                       2
LIGHT RAIN                7     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       0
LIGHT SNOW                0     SLEET                      0
FOG                       3     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      0
HAZE                      0

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

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