Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Spokane, WA
Issued by NWS Spokane, WA
036 CXUS56 KOTX 011316 CLMEAT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 516 AM PST FRI MAR 01 2024 ................................... ...THE WENATCHEE WA PANGBORN FIELD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1959 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 65 02/21/1988 LOW -15 02/03/1996 HIGHEST 56 02/25 42 14 56 02/20 LOWEST 20 02/16 28 -8 12 02/24 AVG. MAXIMUM 44.9 41.6 3.3 39.6 AVG. MINIMUM 32.1 27.4 4.7 25.9 MEAN 38.5 34.5 4.0 32.7 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 3.8 -3.8 6 DAYS MIN <= 32 16 21.7 -5.7 25 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.1 -0.1 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 2.30 1998 MINIMUM T 1988 TOTALS 0.64 0.76 -0.12 0.45 DAILY AVG. 0.02 NAN NAN 0.02 DAYS >= .01 7 7.0 0.0 6 DAYS >= .10 3 2.8 0.2 1 DAYS >= .50 0 0.1 -0.1 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.0 0.0 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.22 02/19 TO 02/19 0.27 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 761 854 -93 899 SINCE 7/1 4179 4527 -348 MM COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.2 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 33/320 DATE 02/24 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 47/220 DATE 02/25 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.64 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 8 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 9 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 12 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 74 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 0 LIGHT RAIN 11 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 4 SLEET 0 FOG 12 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 4 HAZE 0 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ FEBRUARY 2024 BROUGHT WARMER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND NEAR NORMAL PRECIPITATION TO NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON. THE FIRST HALF OF THE MONTH WAS RELATIVE QUIET WITH JUST PERIODS OF LIGHT RAIN AND HIGH ELEVATION SNOW. ON THE 15TH A COLDER WEATHER SYSTEM IMPACTED THE AREA BRINGING WIDESPREAD SNOW TO THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES INTO THE WENATCHEE AREA WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES. ON THE 25TH A STRONG COLD FRONT DELIVERED WINDY CONDITIONS TO THE REGION, WITH A PEAK WIND GUST OF 47 MPH AT THE WENATCHEE AIRPORT AND 45 MPH IN EPHRATA. THE FRONT DELIVERED HEAVY SNOW TO THE CASCADE CREST WITH ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF HEAVY SNOW TO CLOSE OUT THE MONTH. STEVENS PASS REPORTED A 72 HOUR SNOW TOTAL OF 36 INCHES ENDING THE MORNING OF THE 28TH.