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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
440 AM PST THU FEB 01 2024

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...THE SPOKANE WA AIRPORT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2024...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1881 TO 2024

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART   LAST YEAR`S
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM     VALUE DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH             62   01/01/1918
 LOW             -30   01/16/1888
                       01/15/1888
HIGHEST           55   01/28         MM      MM       45  01/14
LOWEST           -10   01/13         MM      MM        5  01/30
AVG. MAXIMUM    32.7               34.5    -1.8     35.4
AVG. MINIMUM    22.9               24.7    -1.8     27.0
MEAN            27.8               29.6    -1.8     31.2
DAYS MAX >= 90     0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32    12               11.7     0.3        8
DAYS MIN <= 32    23               25.9    -2.9       26
DAYS MIN <= 0      4                1.1     2.9        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        4.96   1959
 MINIMUM        0.38   1985
TOTALS          2.08               1.97    0.11     1.52
DAILY AVG.      0.07               0.06    0.01     0.05
DAYS >= .01       16               14.2     1.8       14
DAYS >= .10        7                6.9     0.1        6
DAYS >= .50        0                0.5    -0.5        0
DAYS >= 1.00       0                0.0     0.0        0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   0.49   01/17 TO 01/17               0.40

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL          56.9   1950
TOTALS           9.6               12.3    -2.7      6.1
SINCE 7/1       23.3               32.9    -9.6       MM
SNOWDEPTH AVG.     1                                   3
DAYS >= 1.0        4                4.0     0.0        2
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        5   01/19                           7  01/01
                       01/20
 24 HR TOTAL      MM                                  MM

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL   1146               1097      49     1043
 SINCE 7/1      3506               3820    -314       MM
COOLING TOTAL      0                  0       0        0
 SINCE 1/1         0                  0       0       MM
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              7.7
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    39/210    DATE  01/09
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    56/220    DATE  01/09

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.83
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR            0
NUMBER OF DAYS PC              5
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY         26

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     82

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     MIXED PRECIP               3
HEAVY RAIN                0     RAIN                       0
LIGHT RAIN               13     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          6     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                1     SNOW                       1
LIGHT SNOW               13     SLEET                      0
FOG                      24     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE     13
HAZE                      2

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

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JANUARY 2024 BROUGHT NEAR BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND ABOVE NORMAL
PRECIPITATION TO NORTHEAST WASHINGTON INTO THE NORTH IDAHO
PANHANDLE.  THE MONTH WAS ACTIVE WITH SEVERAL SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
EVENTS. ON THE 6TH HEAVY SNOW FELL NORTH OF SPOKANE WITH 6-8 INCHES
MEASURED IN CLAYTON, LOON LAKE, DIAMOND LAKE, AND NEWMAN LAKE.  THEN
ON THE 9TH A DEEP LOW PRESSURE TRACKED ACROSS SOUTHERN BRITISH
COLUMBIA PRODUCING STRONG WINDS OVER THE REGION. PEAK WIND GUSTS
INCLUDE 62 MPH ATHOL, 56 MPH SPOKANE AIRPORT AND POST FALLS, AND 47
MPH AT SPIRIT LAKE.  WHILE SOME AREAS WERE HIT WITH STRONG WINDS IT
WAS HEAVY SNOW FOR AREAS FURTHER NORTH INCLUDING 10 INCHES IN USK,
AND 8 INCHES IN METALINE FALLS AND KETTLE FALLS.  POWER OUTAGES
OCCURRED OVER THE REGION DUE TO HEAVY WET SNOW, AND STRONG WINDS
BRINGING DOWN POWER LINES. A FEW TREES BLOWN DOWN AS WELL.  THEN ON
THE 11TH A STRONG ARCTIC FRONT DELIVERED BITTER COLD, ESPECIALLY THE
WIND CHILLS ON THE 13TH.  WIND CHILL READINGS BOTTOMED OUT AT -42F
IN SANDPOINT, -41F DEER PARK, -40 ATHOL, -38 NAPLES AND COEUR
D`ALENE, AND -26F AT THE SPOKANE AIRPORT.  THE SPOKANE AIRPORT ONLY
REACHED A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 2F ON THE 13TH, MAKING IT THE COLDEST
HIGH TEMPERATURE SINCE 2004.  BONNERS FERRY ONLY REACHED A HIGH
TEMPERATURE OF -3F, MAKING IT THE COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE SINCE
JANUARY 1979. ON THE 17TH HEAVY SNOW HIT THE REGION PRODUCING
WIDESPREAD SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 5 TO 11 INCHES.  CHEWELAH WAS
THE BIG WINNER WITH 12 INCHES, WITH 11 INCHES IN LOON LAKE AND
METALINE FALLS.  TEMPERATURES THEN MODERATED TO CLOSE OUT THE MONTH.
 DURING THE TRANSITION TO WARMER AIR A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN
RESULTED ON THE 21ST WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS MOST OF THE
REGION RANGING FROM .10 TO .20 INCHES.

A COUPLE TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE SET DURING THE MONTH FOR THE
SPOKANE AREA. THIS INCLUDES A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF -7F ON THE
12TH, AND A COLD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 2F ON THE 13TH. A RECORD
DAILY SNOWFALL OCCURRED ON THE 17TH WITH 5.1 INCHES.