Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Spokane, WA
Issued by NWS Spokane, WA
214 CXUS46 KOTX 011316 CLMLWS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 516 AM PST FRI MAR 01 2024 ................................... ...THE LEWISTON ID AIRPORT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 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 72 02/24/1986 LOW -18 02/12/1884 HIGHEST 63 02/29 MM MM 58 02/20 LOWEST 27 02/17 MM MM 14 02/23 AVG. MAXIMUM 48.8 47.0 1.8 47.5 AVG. MINIMUM 35.7 31.7 4.0 30.5 MEAN 42.3 39.3 3.0 39.0 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 1.8 -1.8 1 DAYS MIN <= 32 7 15.1 -8.1 15 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.1 -0.1 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 3.42 2019 MINIMUM 0.09 1935 TOTALS 1.09 1.04 0.05 0.37 DAILY AVG. 0.04 NAN NAN 0.01 DAYS >= .01 21 9.6 11.4 5 DAYS >= .10 4 3.3 0.7 2 DAYS >= .50 0 0.2 -0.2 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.0 0.0 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.20 02/25 TO 02/26 0.17 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 31.3 2019 TOTALS 0.5 3.8 -3.3 1.5 SINCE 7/1 13.3 11.9 1.4 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 1.3 -1.3 1 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 2 02/22 02/23 02/24 24 HR TOTAL 0.5 02/26 TO 02/26 MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 650 718 -68 720 SINCE 7/1 3430 3764 -334 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 28/190 DATE 02/28 28/210 02/29 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 46/170 DATE 02/28 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.71 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 2 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 13 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 14 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 72 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 1 LIGHT RAIN 23 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 1 LIGHT SNOW 3 SLEET 0 FOG 13 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 2 HAZE 5 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ FEBRUARY 2024 BROUGHT WARMER AND WETTER THAN NORMAL CONDITIONS TO SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON AND THE SOUTH IDAHO PANHANDLE. 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 1-2 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE PALOUSE AND 4 INCHES. TO SAINT MARIES. ON THE 25TH A STRONG COLD FRONT DELIVERED WINDY CONDITIONS TO THE REGION, WITH A PEAK WIND GUST OF 52 MPH AT THE PULLMAN AIRPORT, AND 50 MPH IN UNIONTOWN. SHOWERS AND COOLER TEMPERATURES BEHIND THE FRONT BROUGHT LEWISTON ITS ONLY MEASUREABLE SNOW OF THE MONTH WITH A HALF INCH ON THE MORNING OF THE 26TH. ON THE 28TH A WARMER AND WETTER SYSTEM ARRIVED ALTHOUGH PRECIPITATION STARTED AS SNOW IN THE MORNING ON THE PALOUSE WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES. PATCHY DRIFTING SNOW WAS ALSO REPORTED