Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Spokane, WA
Issued by NWS Spokane, WA
162 CXUS56 KOTX 011614 CLMGEG CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 814 AM PST FRI DEC 01 2023 ................................... ...THE SPOKANE WA AIRPORT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1881 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 70 11/01/1903 LOW -21 11/23/1985 HIGHEST 53 11/04 MM MM 51 11/04 LOWEST 18 11/25 MM MM 6 11/29 AVG. MAXIMUM 42.0 42.3 -0.3 35.4 AVG. MINIMUM 30.9 30.3 0.6 21.5 MEAN 36.5 36.3 0.2 28.5 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 4 3.4 0.6 9 DAYS MIN <= 32 20 19.2 0.8 28 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.2 -0.2 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 5.85 1897 MINIMUM T 1929 TOTALS 1.89 2.06 -0.17 3.03 DAILY AVG. 0.06 0.07 -0.01 0.10 DAYS >= .01 11 13.4 -2.4 8 DAYS >= .10 5 6.8 -1.8 6 DAYS >= .50 2 0.5 1.5 3 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.1 -0.1 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.62 11/01 TO 11/02 0.86 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 25.9 2010 TOTALS 0.8 6.2 -5.4 18.5 SINCE 7/1 1.9 6.8 -4.9 18.5 SNOWDEPTH AVG. T 2 DAYS >= 1.0 0 2.1 -2.1 5 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH T 6 11/30 24 HR TOTAL 0.8 7.5 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 850 861 -11 1090 SINCE 7/1 1425 1608 -183 MM COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 795 515 280 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.5 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 40/230 DATE 11/11 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 52/230 DATE 11/11 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.75 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 2 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 11 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 17 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 82 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 5 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 7 LIGHT RAIN 12 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 2 LIGHT SNOW 4 SLEET 0 FOG 25 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 14 HAZE 6 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ NOVEMBER 2023 BROUGHT NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND NEAR TO WETTER THAN NORMAL CONDITIONS TO NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND THE NORTH IDAHO PANHANDLE. MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION THAT FELL DURING THE MONTH WAS IN THE FORM OF RAIN IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS WITH A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS. ON THE 2ND AND 4TH A PAIR OF WET WEATHER SYSTEMS BROUGHT RAIN TO THE REGION. BOTH DAYS WERE WETTER IN SPOKANE THAN ANY OTHER DAY IN 2023 WITH JUST OVER A HALF INCH OF RAIN. IN THE FIRST 8 DAYS OF THE MONTH SOME OF THE HIGHEST RAIN TOTALS WERE OVER THE NORTH IDAHO PANHANDLE WITH NEAR 3.98 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION IN SANDPOINT AND 3.61 INCHES IN PRIEST RIVER. ON THE 11TH WINDY CONDITIONS OCCURRED ACROSS THE REGION WITH MILD SOUTHWEST WINDS. PEAK GUSTS INCLUDE 53 MPH IN DEER PARK, 52 MPH SPOKANE AIRPORT, 48 MPH POST FALLS, AND 47 MPH COEUR D`ALENE. ON THE 19TH RAIN CHANGED TO SNOW DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS WITH A SLUSHY ACCUMULATION OF A HALF INCH TO AN INCH IN THE SPOKANE AREA. ALSO OF NOTE DURING THE MONTH WAS SEVERAL DENSE FOG DAYS WITH THE AIRPORT COMING IN WITH 14 DAYS. THE 29TH BROUGHT ONE OF THE COLDER DAYS OF FREEZING FOG WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES ONLY IN THE MID 20S. ICY ROADS RESULTED IN SEVERAL CRASHES INVOLVING SEMI TRUCKS 3 MILES EAST OF RITZVILLE, CLOSING INTERSTATE 90 FOR SEVERAL HOURS. NO RECORDS WERE SET DURING THE MONTH AT THE SPOKANE AIRPORT.