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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
643 AM PDT MON APR 01 2024

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...THE SPOKANE WA AIRPORT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 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             74   03/30/1881
 LOW             -10   03/03/1891
HIGHEST           70   03/17         MM      MM       58  03/22
LOWEST            22   03/06         MM      MM       18  03/01
                       03/07
AVG. MAXIMUM    51.3               48.6     2.7     46.0
AVG. MINIMUM    32.7               31.5     1.2     29.2
MEAN            42.0               40.0     2.0     37.6
DAYS MAX >= 90     0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32     0                0.6    -0.6        0
DAYS MIN <= 32    14               19.4    -5.4       25
DAYS MIN <= 0      0                0.0     0.0        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        4.56   2012
 MINIMUM        0.12   1909
TOTALS          0.98               1.83   -0.85     1.11
DAILY AVG.      0.03               0.06   -0.03     0.04
DAYS >= .01       11               11.8    -0.8       10
DAYS >= .10        2                6.5    -4.5        2
DAYS >= .50        0                0.5    -0.5        0
DAYS >= 1.00       0                0.1    -0.1        0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   0.42   03/27 TO 03/27               0.38

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL          16.4   1897
TOTALS           3.4                3.9    -0.5      9.1
SINCE 7/1       31.6               44.6   -13.0       MM
SNOWDEPTH AVG.     0                                   1
DAYS >= 1.0        1                1.2    -0.2        3
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        2   03/03                           5  03/11
 24 HR TOTAL      MM                                  MM

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    706                774     -68      840
 SINCE 7/1      5041               5492    -451       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    35/250    DATE  03/12
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    46/260    DATE  03/12

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.55
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR            8
NUMBER OF DAYS PC             16
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY          7

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     65

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                0     RAIN                       1
LIGHT RAIN               12     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       2
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       2
LIGHT SNOW                8     SLEET                      0
FOG                      10     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      2
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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MARCH 2024 FINISHED WITH NEAR TO ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND BELOW
NORMAL PRECIPITATION OVER NORTHEAST WASHINGTON INTO THE NORTH IDAHO
PANHANDLE. MARCH OFTEN BRINGS ABOUT SEVERAL WEATHER CHANGES AS
SPRING ARRIVES AND THIS ONE WAS NO DIFFERENT. THE MONTH STARTED ON A
WINTRY NOTE WITH WIDESPREAD SNOW ON THE 2ND WITH 1-3". ON THE 3RD
AND 4TH CONVECTIVE SNOW SHOWERS PUT DOWN LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW
INCLUDING 8" METALINE FALLS AND DOVER, 7" ROSE LAKE, AND 6" IN
RATHDRUM AND NEWMAN LAKE. COLD MORNING LOW TEMPERATURES FOLLOWED
ESPECIALLY THE NORTHERN VALLEYS WITH DEER PARK DROPPING INTO THE
TEENS AND UPPER SINGLE DIGITS FROM THE 3RD THROUGH THE 7TH. THE
REGION THEN TRANSITIONED TO MORE TYPICAL MARCH TEMPERATURES FROM THE
8TH THROUGH THE 12TH AS A SERIES OF WEATHER SYSTEMS DELIVERED LIGHT
PRECIPITATION AND WINDY CONDITIONS AT TIMES. PEAK WIND GUSTS IN THE
SPOKANE AREA RANGED FROM 35-46 MPH, WHILE DEER PARK GUSTED TO 49 MPH
ON THE 10TH.  ANOTHER CHANGE ARRIVED FROM THE 16TH THROUGH THE 19TH
AS STRONG HIGH PRESSURE SET UP. RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE
UPPER 60S TO LOW 70S OCCURRED ON SEVERAL DAYS DURING THIS WARM
SPELL.  THE DIAL TURNED BACK TO WINTER ON THE 24TH AS COLD AIR
SPILLED INTO NORTH IDAHO WITH RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW IN BONNERS
FERRY, SANDPOINT, AND COEUR D`ALENE. ON THE 26TH A LANDSPOUT TORNADO
OCCURRED TWO MILES NNW OF DAVENPORT OVER OPEN WHEAT COUNTRY WITH NO
DAMAGE. ON THE 28TH A WET SYSTEM DELIVERED WIDESPREAD VALLEY RAIN
AND MOUNTAIN SNOW.

SEVERAL TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH AT
THE SPOKANE AIRPORT.  THIS INCLUDES A RECORD HIGH OF 70F THAT WAS
TIED ON THE 17TH, WITH A RECORD HIGH OF 69F SET ON BOTH THE 18TH AND
19TH.