Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Spokane, WA
Issued by NWS Spokane, WA
700 CXUS56 KOTX 011415 CCA CLMGEG CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 715 AM PDT SAT JUN 01 2024 ................................... ...THE SPOKANE WA AIRPORT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 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 97 05/25/1928 LOW 24 05/08/2002 05/01/1954 HIGHEST 84 05/12 MM MM 90 05/20 LOWEST 36 05/01 MM MM 43 05/23 05/02 AVG. MAXIMUM 68.5 67.1 1.4 74.7 AVG. MINIMUM 45.2 44.9 0.3 52.3 MEAN 56.9 56.0 0.9 63.5 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.3 -0.3 1 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 1.5 -1.5 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 5.71 1948 MINIMUM 0.06 1935 TOTALS 0.83 1.55 -0.72 1.35 DAILY AVG. 0.03 0.05 -0.02 0.04 DAYS >= .01 7 9.7 -2.7 8 DAYS >= .10 3 3.9 -0.9 7 DAYS >= .50 0 0.7 -0.7 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.1 -0.1 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.46 05/05 TO 05/06 0.65 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 3.5 1967 TOTALS T 0.1 -0.1 0.0 SINCE 7/1 32.6 45.4 -12.8 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 0 MM 24 HR TOTAL MM MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 257 294 -37 112 SINCE 7/1 5769 6329 -560 MM COOLING TOTAL 14 15 -1 73 SINCE 1/1 14 15 -1 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.3 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 39/260 DATE 05/16 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 50/220 DATE 05/16 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.57 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 5 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 22 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 4 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 49 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 1 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 1 LIGHT RAIN 13 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 1 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 6 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1 HAZE 3 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ MAY 2024 BROUGHT NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND PRECIPITATION TO NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND THE NORTH IDAHO PANHANDLE. ALTHOUGH PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS WERE VARIABLE DUE TO SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WITH SOME LOCATIONS FINISHING DRIER THAN NORMAL WHILE OTHERS WERE WETTER THAN NORMAL. THE MONTH STARTED OFF ON A COOL AND SHOWERY NOTE WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 50S AND 60S THROUGH THE 8TH. THEN TEMPERATURE RAPIDLY WARMED AS STRONG HIGH PRESSURE DEVELOPED WITH TEMPERATURES WARMING INTO THE LOW TO MID 80S FROM THE 10TH THROUGH THE 12TH. ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S CONTINUED THROUGH THE 16TH BEFORE A STRONG DRY COLD FRONT DELIVERED WINDY CONDITIONS. THE PEAK GUST REACHED 50 MPH AT THE SPOKANE AIRPORT ON THE 16TH. THE WINDS ALSO PICKED UP A PLUME OF DUST OVER THE COLUMBIA BASIN WHICH TRACKED INTO THE SPOKANE AREA. ON THE 22ND COOL TEMPERATURES RETURNED WITH RAIN OVER THE REGION. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS WERE IN THE COEUR D`ALENE AREA UP INTO THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS WITH WIDESPREAD AMOUNTS OF 0.50-1.10 INCHES. ON THE 23RD ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED OVER THE REGION. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM TRACKED THROUGH THE SANDPOINT AREA PRODUCING 0.58 INCHES OF RAIN IN 30 MINUTES AND MARBLE SIZED HAIL. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ALSO HIT THE REGION ON THE 29TH, PRODUCING A WIND GUST OF 44 MPH AT THE SPOKANE AIRPORT, AND A FUNNEL CLOUD IN HAYDEN. NO RECORDS WERE SET DURING THE MONTH AT THE SPOKANE AIRPORT.