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Washington Precipitation Summary
National Weather Service Seattle WA
1210 PM PDT Sun Aug 6 2017

July brought much below normal precipitation for all of Washington
state, and for many areas, July brought nothing at all.  However,
the eastern side of Washington was much drier than the western side.
But even with the very dry July, the water year values still remain
above normal for the whole state.

In western Washington, the monthly percentage of normal for
precipitation ranged from 1 percent in the Puget Sound Lowlands and
western slopes of the Cascades, to 17 percent in the Northwest
Interior.  The greatest amount of precipitation at the climate
stations for the mountains, coast and interior lowlands was 0.44
inches at Forks in the Olympics, 0.24 at Quillayute, and 0.61 inches
at Clearbrook in the Northwest Interior.

For eastern Washington, the percentage of normal for precipitation
ranged from 0 percent for all regions to just 1 percent in the
Palouse and Blue Mountains region.  The greatest amount of
precipitation at climate stations for the mountains and lowlands was
0.02 inches at Pullman in the Palouse and Blue Mountains region, and
a trace at Davenport in the Okanogan Big Bend region, and at Spokane
and Northport in the northeast region.

The outlook for August and beyond for Washington state, for the next
two weeks the outlook is for above normal precipitation.  The
monthly outlook for August is calling for below normal precipitation
for the whole state.  The three month outlook for August through
October is calling for below normal precipitation for much of
Washington, except for equal chances of above, below or near normal
precipitation for the extreme southeast corner of the state.

The table below gives precipitation figures as a percent of normal
for regions of Washington.  The current water year began 1 October
2016 and ends 30 September 2017.

                         July     Water year      Past 3       Past 12
                         2017       to date       months        months
Western Washington
  Coast                    10          132           91           129
  Olympics                 13          122           69           120
  Northwest Interior       17          117           73           113
  Puget Sound Lowlands      1          135           88           131
  Southwest Interior        6          125           91           124
  West Foothills Casca      2          118           70           116
  Cascades West             1          122           86           121

Eastern Washington
  East Slopes Cascades      0          121           68           118
  Okanogan                  0          140           50           133
  Central Basin             0          141           62           133
  Northeast                 0          134           53           126
  Palouse and Blue Mtn      1          137           81           126



The table below expresses precipitation in inches and as a percent of
normal for a variety of locations around the state.  Occasionally
missing data at a site are estimated using observed data from
surrounding stations.

                      July            Water year       Past 12 months
                Inches    Pct       Inches    Pct       Inches    Pct

Quillayute        0.24     12       127.07    136       131.92    135
Hoquiam           0.10      9        84.15    132        87.99    131
Bellingham        0.07      7        41.67    130        43.64    125
Seattle           Trace     0        48.85    139        50.07    135
Olympia           0.05      8        62.42    132        64.55    130
Longview          0.05      6        53.51    119        56.88    120

Concrete          0.00      0        76.99    117        81.92    118
Snoqualmie Fall   0.00      0        66.02    114        68.58    115
Randle*           0.02      2        63.19    119        66.49    119
Diablo Dam        0.00      0        78.42    108        82.40    108
Stampede Pass     0.01      1        92.03    122        96.89    121
Paradise          Trace     0       142.07    127       150.50    129

Winthrop          Trace     0        16.87    122        17.55    132
Stehekin          0.00      0        45.86    133        47.70    134
Leavenworth       0.00      0        28.46    119        28.64    120
Mount Adams       0.00      0        63.00    143        63.51    139
Wenatchee         0.00      0         9.82    114         9.87    112
Yakima            0.00      0        11.49    150        11.66    144

Coulee Dam        0.00      0        15.60    155        16.02    154
Lind              0.00      0        14.44    160        14.82    155
Republic          0.00      0        21.20    139        22.10    140
Spokane           Trace     0        23.26    152        23.63    144
Pullman           0.02      2        23.27    139        23.87    121
Dayton            0.00      0        22.32    126        22.89    125

* = Estimated

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