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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE, WA
125 AM PDT SUN JUL 1 2012

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

JUNE 2012 WAS ONE FOR THE RECORD BOOKS OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST
WASHINGTON AND THE NORTH IDAHO PANHANDLE.  JUNE WAS THE WETTEST ON
RECORD AT COLVILLE...NORTHPORT...NEWPORT...BOUNDARY DAM...BONNERS
FERRY...SANDPOINT...BAYVIEW...AND PRITCHARD.  THE TOTAL AT BOUNDARY
DAM WAS EXCEPTIONALLY IMPRESSIVE WHERE 8.29 INCHES FELL MAKING IT
THE WETTEST MONTH ON RECORD.  SPOKANE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WAS WET
AS WELL BUT WELL BELOW THE RECORD OF 5.12 INCHES SET IN 1888.  ON
THE 4TH THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS AND TRACKED
NORTHEAST INTO THE IDAHO PANHANDLE.  ON THE 5TH AND 6TH HEAVY RAIN
OVER THE IDAHO PANHANDLE LED TO MINOR FLOODING ON SMALL STREAMS AS
WELL AS A ROAD WASHOUT. HAIL RANGING FROM 0.88 INCHES TO 1.50 INCHES
IN DIAMETER WAS REPORTED FIVE MILES WEST OF ST. MARIES AND NEAR
CHATCOLET. A COLD AND SLOW MOVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM BROUGHT CLOUDY
AND RAINY CONDITIONS TO SEVERAL LOCATIONS ON THE 9TH.  HIGH
TEMPERATURES WERE 20 TO 25 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL AND MORE TYPICAL OF
LATE MARCH. SEVERAL RECORD LOW HIGH TEMPERATURES WERE SET WITH
READINGS IN THE UPPER 40S TO MID 50S.  THIS INCLUDED
NORTHPORT...COEUR D`ALENE...SANDPOINT...KELLOGG...ROSALIA...AND
SPOKANE.   FROM THE 22ND THROUGH THE 25TH THUNDERSTORMS WERE COMMON
ACROSS THE AREA WITH SOME STORMS SEVERE CONTAINING LARGE HAIL AND
HEAVY RAIN EVEN DURING THE MORNING HOURS.  ON THE 23RD QUARTER SIZE
HAIL WAS REPORTED IN IONE AND NEAR RUBY.  DURING THE EARLY MORNING
HOURS OF THE 24TH HAIL OF 1.25 INCHES IN DIAMETER FELL JUST EAST OF
BONNERS FERRY.  ON THE 26TH WIDESPREAD RAIN WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE
LOWER 50S WERE COMMON.

ONE RECORD WAS SET AT SPOKANE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.  ON JUNE 9TH A
RECORD LOW HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 51 DEGREES OCCURRED.

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             101   06/23/1992
 LOW               33   06/01/1984
HIGHEST            85   06/21        MM      MM       85  06/28
                                                          06/22
LOWEST             38   06/07        MM      MM       39  06/09
AVG. MAXIMUM     70.0              73.8    -3.8     69.6
AVG. MINIMUM     49.2              50.4    -1.2     48.5
MEAN             59.6              62.1    -2.5     59.0
DAYS MAX >= 90      0               1.0    -1.0        0
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         5.12   1888
 MINIMUM         0.01   1919
TOTALS           2.86              1.25    1.61     0.57
DAILY AVG.       0.10              0.04    0.06     0.02
DAYS >= .01        12               7.9     4.1        7
DAYS >= .10         9               3.9     5.1        3
DAYS >= .50         1               0.5     0.5        0
DAYS >= 1.00        0               0.0     0.0        0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    0.65   06/26 TO 06/26           06/02 TO 06/02
                                                          06/01 TO 06/02
                                                          06/02 TO 06/02

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL              T   2008
TOTALS            0.0               0.0     0.0      0.0
SINCE 7/1        36.8              44.9    -8.1     69.0
SNOWDEPTH AVG.      0                MM      MM        0
DAYS >= 1.0         0               0.0     0.0        0
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH         0   MM                             0  MM
 24 HR TOTAL      0.0   06/30 TO 06/30           06/30 TO 06/30
                                                          06/02 TO 06/02
                                                          06/02 TO 06/02

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL     175               136      39      192
 SINCE 7/1       6502              6593     -91     6959
COOLING TOTAL      20                49     -29       18
 SINCE 1/1         30                63     -33       23
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              9.4
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    31/230    DATE  06/17
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    39/220    DATE  06/17

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.70
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR            1
NUMBER OF DAYS PC             19
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY         10

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     62

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                3     RAIN                       5
LIGHT RAIN               19     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       1
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       0
LIGHT SNOW                0     SLEET                      0
FOG                      11     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      1
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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