Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Spokane, WA
Issued by NWS Spokane, WA
000 CXUS56 KOTX 020109 CLMEAT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 609 PM PDT FRI SEP 01 2023 ................................... ...THE WENATCHEE WA PANGBORN FIELD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1959 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 109 08/04/1961 LOW 42 08/23/1992 HIGHEST 104 08/15 MM MM 101 08/18 LOWEST 54 08/24 MM MM 54 08/05 AVG. MAXIMUM 87.5 86.4 1.1 91.9 AVG. MINIMUM 63.2 61.0 2.2 65.6 MEAN 75.4 73.7 1.7 78.7 DAYS MAX >= 90 13 12.5 0.5 23 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 2.01 1976 MINIMUM 0.00 2011 TOTALS 0.41 0.23 0.18 T DAILY AVG. 0.01 0.01 0.00 T DAYS >= .01 5 2.0 3.0 0 DAYS >= .10 2 0.6 1.4 0 DAYS >= .50 0 0.1 -0.1 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.0 0.0 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.21 08/29 TO 08/30 T DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 0 7 -7 0 SINCE 7/1 0 9 -9 MM COOLING TOTAL 329 277 52 431 SINCE 1/1 997 726 271 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.2 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 35/300 DATE 08/29 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 39/300 DATE 08/29 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.21 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 22 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 6 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 3 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 41 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 3 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 1 LIGHT RAIN 7 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 1 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 12 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ AUGUST 2023 BROUGHT ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION TO MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON ALONG WITH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES. THE ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION WAS DUE TO A COUPLE WET SYSTEMS DURING THE MONTH. ON THE 6TH AND 7TH THUNDERSTORMS WITH ABUNDANT LIGHTNING STRUCK THE REGION ALONG WITH ABUNDANT RAINFALL. A COCORAHS OBSERVER IN ALMIRA RECEIVED 1.06 INCHES OF RAIN. MOSES LAKE RECEIVED 0.71 INCHES OVER THE TWO DAY PERIOD, WHICH WAS MORE THAN FOUR TIMES THEIR MONTHLY NORMAL OF JUST .15 INCHES. THIS ALSO MADE IT THE WETTEST AUGUST IN MOSES LAKE SINCE 2004. THEN TYPICAL DRY AUGUST CONDITIONS RETURNED WITH A HEAT WAVE FROM THE 14TH THROUGH THE 17TH. THE HOTTEST DAYS OF THE SUMMER BROUGHT HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 90S TO NEAR 105 EACH DAY. OMAK WAS ONE OF THE HOTTEST LOCATIONS, REACHING 109 DEGREES ON THE 15TH. THE HEAT WAVE BROKE ON THE 18TH WITH A STRONG DRY COLD FRONT PASSAGE. RELATIVE HUMIDITIY WAS EXCEPTIONALLY LOW WITH OMAK REACHING 3 PERCENT, AND MOSES LAKE 6 PERCENT. BEHIND THE FRONT NORTH WINDS BROUGHT IN AN ABUNDANCE OF SMOKE FROM CANADA FROM THE 19TH THROUGH THE 21ST. AIR QUALITY REACHED VERY UNHEALTHY AND HAZARDOUS LEVELS OVER THE REGION. UNHEALTHY AIR PERSISTED INTO THE 22ND OVER MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON. ON THE 29TH ABUNDANT LIGHTNING HIT THE REGION AS A WEATHER SYSTEM PASSED THROUGH THE AREA. MANY OF THE STORMS MOVED QUICK ENOUGH TO ONLY PRODUCE LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN. THE STORM ALSO BROUGHT IN NORTHWEST WINDS, BRINGING A PERIOD OF VERY UNHEALTHY AIR AGAIN TO WENATCHEE FROM THE AIRPLANE LAKE FIRE. A COUPLE TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE BROKEN OR TIED DURING THE MONTH AT THE WENATCHEE AIRPORT. THIS INCLUDES A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 104 DEGREES ON THE 15TH WHICH BROKE THE RECORD FOR THE DATE. ON THE 16TH A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 103 DEGREES TIED A RECORD FOR THE DATE.