Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Spokane, WA
Issued by NWS Spokane, WA
332 CXUS56 KOTX 011411 CLMGEG CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 706 AM PDT WED MAY 01 2024 ................................... ...THE SPOKANE WA AIRPORT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 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 ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 90 04/24/1977 04/29/1926 LOW 16 04/01/1936 HIGHEST 77 04/14 MM MM 84 04/29 LOWEST 29 04/17 MM MM 27 04/02 04/05 04/12 AVG. MAXIMUM 59.7 56.9 2.8 56.5 AVG. MINIMUM 38.5 37.0 1.5 36.3 MEAN 49.1 47.0 2.1 46.4 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 6 8.3 -2.3 12 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 3.97 1893 MINIMUM 0.08 1956 TOTALS 0.56 1.25 -0.69 1.00 DAILY AVG. 0.02 0.04 -0.02 0.03 DAYS >= .01 9 10.3 -1.3 11 DAYS >= .10 2 4.1 -2.1 5 DAYS >= .50 0 0.2 -0.2 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.0 0.0 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.41 04/04 TO 04/05 0.27 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 6.6 1964 TOTALS 1.0 0.7 0.3 3.1 SINCE 7/1 32.6 45.3 -12.7 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0 DAYS >= 1.0 1 0.3 0.7 2 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 2 04/03 24 HR TOTAL MM MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 471 542 -71 555 SINCE 7/1 5512 6034 -522 MM COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 5 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.5 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 35/250 DATE 04/09 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 45/240 DATE 04/09 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.64 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 5 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 17 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 8 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 54 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 1 LIGHT RAIN 13 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 1 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 1 LIGHT SNOW 3 SLEET 0 FOG 4 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 0 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ APRIL 2024 BROUGHT WARMER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL CONDITIONS TO NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND THE NORTH IDAHO PANHANDLE. THE FIRST PART OF THE MONTH BROUGHT SOME DRASTIC CHANGES IN THE WEATHER. AFTER REACHING THE LOW 70S ON THE 2ND, MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW HIT SOME LOCATIONS ON THE MORNING OF THE 5TH. A COLD SMALL AND COMPACT AREA OF LOW PRESSURE TRACKED FROM THE PALOUSE UP INTO THE UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN AND SPOKANE AREA WITH RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW. ROSALIA WAS THE BIG WINNER WITH 4.8 INCHES, MAKING IT THE HIGHEST DAILY SNOWFALL ON RECORD FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL. OTHER AMOUNTS INCLUDE 3.5 INCHES IN CHENEY, 3 INCHES SPANGLE, AND 1 INCH AT THE SPOKANE AIRPORT. TEMPERATURES THEN REBOUNDED HEADING INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE MONTH, WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES CLIMBING BACK UP INTO THE 70S ON THE 13TH AND 14TH. THE SECOND OF THE MONTH BROUGHT SEVERAL COLD FRONTS DELIVERING BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS AND LIGHT PRECIPITATION. WIND GUSTS ON SEVERAL DAYS DURING THIS STRETCH PEAKED IN THE 25-40 MPH RANGE AT THE SPOKANE AIRPORT. ON THE 29TH, A LINE OF HEAVY SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED FROM SANDPOINT DOWN TO COEUR D`ALENE WITH THE COEUR D`ALENE AIRPORT MEASURING A 44 MPH WIND GUST, WITH SEVERAL REPORTS OF GRAUPEL COVERING THE GROUND AS WELL. NO RECORDS WERE SET DURING THE MONTH AT THE SPOKANE AIRPORT.