Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Spokane, WA
Issued by NWS Spokane, WA
753 CXUS46 KOTX 111642 CLMLWS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 842 AM PST SAT NOV 11 2023 ................................... ...THE LEWISTON ID AIRPORT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1881 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 94 10/05/1943 LOW 15 10/31/2002 HIGHEST 83 10/08 MM MM 82 10/03 LOWEST 25 10/29 MM MM 36 10/23 10/27 AVG. MAXIMUM 65.2 63.0 2.2 68.8 AVG. MINIMUM 45.8 42.0 3.8 46.3 MEAN 55.5 52.5 3.0 57.6 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 5 2.7 2.3 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 3.24 1940 MINIMUM T 1987 TOTALS 1.43 1.08 0.35 1.36 DAILY AVG. 0.05 0.03 0.02 0.04 DAYS >= .01 9 8.7 0.3 6 DAYS >= .10 4 3.7 0.3 4 DAYS >= .50 1 0.3 0.7 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.0 0.0 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.54 10/10 TO 10/11 0.67 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 2.5 1971 TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE 7/1 0.0 0.0 0.0 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 MM GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 0 MM 24 HR TOTAL 0.0 0.0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 296 392 -96 235 SINCE 7/1 379 477 -98 MM COOLING TOTAL 9 4 5 11 SINCE 1/1 1321 912 409 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.5 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 18/300 DATE 10/09 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 29/290 DATE 10/09 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.34 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 17 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 8 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 6 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 65 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 2 RAIN 6 LIGHT RAIN 12 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 1 SLEET 0 FOG 7 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1 HAZE 6 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. OCTOBER 2023 FINISHED SLIGHTLY WARMER THAN NORMAL OVER SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON INTO THE SOUTH IDAHO PANHANDLE. PRECIPITATION WAS NEAR NORMAL AROUND THE LEWISTON AREA WHILE BELOW NORMAL IN THE SOUTH IDAHO PANHANDLE. THE FIRST THREE WEEKS OF THE MONTH STARTED OFF VERY MILD WITH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES. LEWISTON MADE IT INTO THE 70S OR WARMER 15 DAYS, WITH 80F TO 83F ACHIEVED FROM THE 7TH THROUGH THE 9TH. THEN CONDITIONS BECAME MUCH COOLER TO FINISH OUT THE MONTH WITH EVEN LIGHT SNOW ON THE PALOUSE AND BLUE MOUNTAINS ON THE 26TH WITH ACCUMULATIONS NEAR AN INCH. THEN THE SKIES CLEARED ALLOWING FOR THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES OF THE MONTH. ON THE 28TH PULLMAN DROPPED TO 17F, WHICH TIED A RECORD FOR THE DATE. NO RECORDS WERE SET DURING THE MONTH AT THE LEWISTON AIRPORT. $$