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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1100 AM PDT TUE JUL 02 2024

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...THE LEWISTON ID AIRPORT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE 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
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH            115   06/29/2021
 LOW              34   06/01/1951
HIGHEST           97   06/22         MM      MM       98  06/30
LOWEST            46   06/16         MM      MM       46  06/21
AVG. MAXIMUM    82.5               79.0     3.5     84.3
AVG. MINIMUM    55.6               54.0     1.6     58.3
MEAN            69.0               66.5     2.5     71.3
DAYS MAX >= 90     7                4.1     2.9        6
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        5.67   1884
 MINIMUM        0.01   1883
TOTALS          0.66               1.25   -0.59     1.01
DAILY AVG.      0.02               0.04   -0.02     0.03
DAYS >= .01        3                8.9    -5.9        6
DAYS >= .10        2                4.2    -2.2        2
DAYS >= .50        0                0.4    -0.4        1
DAYS >= 1.00       0                0.0     0.0        0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   0.45   06/02 TO 06/03               0.89

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL           0.1   1911
TOTALS           0.0                0.0     0.0      0.0
SINCE 7/1       13.3               12.7     0.6       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     28                 61     -33       21
 SINCE 7/1      4572               4981    -409       MM
COOLING TOTAL    156                107      49      218
 SINCE 1/1       179                143      36       MM
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              6.2
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    36/250    DATE  06/03
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    50/270    DATE  06/03

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.24
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR           20
NUMBER OF DAYS PC              6
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY          3

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     42

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                0     RAIN                       1
LIGHT RAIN                8     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       0
LIGHT SNOW                0     SLEET                      0
FOG                       2     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      1
HAZE                      1

-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.

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JUNE 2024 FINISHED WITH NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND BELOW NORMAL
PRECIPITATION FOR MOST AREAS ACROSS SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON INTO THE
SOUTH IDAHO PANHANDLE.  IT WAS AN ACTIVE MONTH HOWEVER WITH SEVERAL
ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. AREAS THAT WERE MORE
CONSISTENTLY HIT WITH HEAVIER RAIN FINISHED THE MONTH WITH NORMAL
PRECIPITATION WHICH INCLUDES AREAS FROM LOOKOUT PASS DOWN TO AVERY.

ON THE 2ND AND 3RD A LATE SEASON ATMOSPHERIC RIVER AIMED AT THE
REGION PRODUCED WET WEATHER FOLLOWED BY WINDY CONDITIONS.  OVER AN
INCH OF RAIN FELL IN THE MOUNTAINS AND ON THE PALOUSE.  RAIN AMOUNTS
INCLUDE 1.14" IN GARFIELD, AND 1.05" AT THE PULLMAN AIRPORT. PEAK
WIND GUSTS INCLUDE 52 MPH AT THE PULLMAN AIRPORT, AND 50 MPH AT THE
LEWISTON AIRPORT. ON THE 11TH WINDY CONDITIONS OCCURRED IN THE
REGION WITH A PEAK WIND GUST OF 45 MPH AT THE LEWISTON AIRPORT.  ON
THE 15TH WINDY CONDITIONS OCCURRED WITH A COLD FRONT PASSAGE. PEAK
GUSTS INCLUDE 54 MPH ALDER RIDGE, 45 MPH SILCOTT ISLAND, AND 44 MPH
IN WASHTUCNA. COLD MORNING TEMPS FOLLOWED ON THE 16TH AND 17TH WITH
EVEN SOME FROST IN SOME AREAS. ON THE 16TH MOSCOW DROPPED TO 30F
BREAKING A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE FOR THE DATE, WHILE PULLMAN TIED
THE RECORD LOW OF 34F. THE REMAINDER OF THE MONTH BROUGHT QUIETER
WEATHER WITH SEVERAL ROUNDS OF BREEZY WINDS WITH OCCASIONAL COLD
FRONT PASSAGES.  IN BETWEEN ONE OF THESE FRONTS LEWISTON WARMED TO
97F ON THE 22ND.

NO RECORDS WERE BROKEN DURING THE MONTH AT THE LEWISTON AIRPORT.