Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Spokane, WA
Issued by NWS Spokane, WA
801 CXUS46 KOTX 011240 CLMLWS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 440 AM PST THU FEB 01 2024 ................................... ...THE LEWISTON ID AIRPORT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 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 66 01/09/1953 LOW -22 01/31/1950 HIGHEST 63 01/29 MM MM 53 01/14 LOWEST -10 01/13 MM MM 10 01/30 AVG. MAXIMUM 39.3 42.1 -2.8 42.7 AVG. MINIMUM 27.6 30.3 -2.7 29.4 MEAN 33.5 36.2 -2.7 36.0 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 8 4.3 3.7 2 DAYS MIN <= 32 15 18.1 -3.1 20 DAYS MIN <= 0 3 0.1 2.9 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 3.56 1883 MINIMUM 0.11 2007 TOTALS 1.85 1.13 0.72 0.36 DAILY AVG. 0.06 0.04 0.02 0.01 DAYS >= .01 15 11.2 3.8 7 DAYS >= .10 6 3.5 2.5 1 DAYS >= .50 0 0.4 -0.4 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.0 0.0 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.45 01/27 TO 01/28 0.15 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 26.1 1957 TOTALS 12.3 2.7 9.6 T SINCE 7/1 12.8 8.1 4.7 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 2 0 DAYS >= 1.0 4 0.8 3.2 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 7 01/13 0 MM 01/14 01/19 24 HR TOTAL MM MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 971 893 78 891 SINCE 7/1 2780 2999 -219 MM COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.3 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 33/260 DATE 01/11 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 45/260 DATE 01/11 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.68 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 8 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 4 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 19 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 75 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 1 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 2 LIGHT RAIN 14 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 3 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 1 SNOW 1 LIGHT SNOW 7 SLEET 0 FOG 16 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 8 HAZE 7 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ JANUARY 2024 BROUGHT BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES TO SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON AND THE SOUTH IDAHO PANHANDLE. PRECIPITATION WAS ABOVE NORMAL IN THE LEWISTON AREA WHILE BELOW NROMAL IN THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS. THE MONTH WAS ACTIVE WITH SEVERAL SIGNIFICANT WEATHER EVENTS. ON THE 9TH A DEEP LOW PRESSURE TRACKED ACROSS SOUTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA PRODUCING STRONG WINDS OVER THE REGION. PEAK WIND GUSTS INCLUDE 64 MPH AT ALDER RIDGE IN THE BLUE MOUNTAINS, 62 MPH NEAR POMEROY, AND 56 MPH AT THE PULLMAN AIRPORT. THEN ON THE 11TH A STRONG ARCTIC FRONT DELIVERED SNOW SQUALLS FOLLOWED BY BITTER COLD. A QUICK 7 INCHES OF SNOW FELL IN LEWISTON, WHILE A CLARKSTON RESIDENT REPORTED 5 INCHES IN 2.5 HOURS. MEANWHILE THUNDERSNOW WAS REPORTED NEAR ALPOWA SUMMIT. THEN THE INLAND NORTHWEST WENT IN THE DEEP FREEZE. ON THE 13TH THE HIGH TEMPERATURE AT THE LEWISTON AIRPORT ONLY REACHED 2F, MAKING IT THE COLDEST READING SINCE 1983! BUT THE WIND CHILLS THAT MORNING MADE IT FEEL EVEN COLDER. WIND CHILL READINGS BOTTOMED OUT AT -40F UNIONTOWN, -35F ANATONE, -32F PULLMAN AIRPORT, -31F REUBENS, -30F RITZVILLE, -29F LAPWAI, -25F CRAIGMONT, AND -21F AT THE LEWISTON AIRPORT. AS ABRUPT AS THE MAJOR COLD SPELL OCCURRED, THE MONTH WOULD CONCLUDE WITH RECORD WARMTH. DURING THE TRANSITION TO WARMER TEMPERATURES OCCASIONAL ROUNDS OF SNOW AND A WINTRY MIX WERE OBSERVED FROM THE 17TH THROUGH THE 21ST. BUT THEN THE 26TH THROUGH THE 31ST WERE EXCEPTIONALLY MILD WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES WARMING INTO THE 50S, WITH LEWISTON REACHING A BALMY 63 DEGREES ON THE 29TH. SEVERAL RECORDS WERE BROKEN DURING THE MONTH AT THE LEWISTON AIRPORT. ON THE 13TH A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF -10F WAS RECORDED ALONG WITH A RECORD COLD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 2F. RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES OF 59F AND 63F WERE SET ON THE 28TH AND 29TH RESPECTIVELY. RECORD WARM LOW TEMPERATURES OF 44F AND 46F WERE SET ON THE 27TH AND 28TH RESPECTIVELY.