Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Spokane, WA
Issued by NWS Spokane, WA
000 CXUS56 KOTX 011300 CLMGEG CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 600 AM PDT SAT JUL 01 2023 ................................... ...THE SPOKANE WA AIRPORT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE 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 109 06/29/2021 LOW 33 06/01/1984 HIGHEST 91 06/07 MM MM 93 06/27 LOWEST 41 06/19 MM MM 41 06/14 06/24 AVG. MAXIMUM 78.6 73.7 4.9 71.7 AVG. MINIMUM 54.3 50.8 3.5 51.6 MEAN 66.5 62.3 4.2 61.7 DAYS MAX >= 90 2 1.5 0.5 1 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 MM DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 MM PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 5.12 1888 MINIMUM 0.01 1919 TOTALS 0.86 1.17 -0.31 2.46 DAILY AVG. 0.03 0.04 -0.01 0.08 DAYS >= .01 6 7.8 -1.8 11 DAYS >= .10 3 3.6 -0.6 7 DAYS >= .50 0 0.4 -0.4 1 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.0 0.0 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.56 06/08 TO 06/09 1.09 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL T 2016 TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE 7/1 62.3 45.4 16.9 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 0 MM 24 HR TOTAL MM 0.0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 61 134 -73 130 SINCE 7/1 6275 6463 -188 MM COOLING TOTAL 113 52 61 37 SINCE 1/1 191 67 124 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.7 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 32/240 DATE 06/13 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 42/070 DATE 06/08 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.52 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 8 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 15 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 7 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 50 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 4 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 0 SLEET 0 FOG 2 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 1 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ JUNE 2023 BROUGHT WARMER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL CONDITIONS TO NORTHEAST WASHINGTON INTO THE NORTH IDAO PANHANDLE. DESPITE THE WARM AND DRY MONTH, THERE WERE STILL A COUPLE ACTIVE PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS. ON THE 8TH STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FORMED IN NORTH IDAHO EAST OF COEUR D`ALENE BEFORE TRACKING TO THE WEST. STORMS INITIALLY PRODUCED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN BAYVIEW, HARRISON, ROCKFORD BAY, RATHDRUM, AND NEAR FERNAN LAKE. STRONG WINDS KNOCKED DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES, INCLUDING A CLOSURE OF HIGHWAY 97 NEAR FERNAN LAKE. SEVERAL BOATS AND DOCKS WERE DAMAGED IN THE GOZZER RANCH/ARROW POINT AREA ON LAKE COEUR D`ALENE. QUARTER SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED JUST NORTH OF ROSE LAKE. THE STORMS WEAKENED AS THEY TRACKED INTO SPOKANE, DEER PARK, COLVILLE, AND CHEWELAH BUT STILL PRODUCED MINOR TREE DAMAGE FROM THE GUSTY WINDS. ON THE 9TH THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTH IDAHO RESULTED IN MINOR STREET FLOODING IN SANDPOINT. ON THE 13TH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FORMED IN THE NORTH ID PANHANDLE AND FAR NE WASHINGTON. A FEW WERE SEVERE WITH QUARTER SIZED HAIL IN BAYVIEW. ONE OF THE FEW COOL PERIODS OF THE SPRING SETTLED IN FROM THE 18TH THROUGH THE 21ST AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SAT OVER THE REGION. ON THE 20TH THE SPOKANE AIRPORT ONLY MANAGED TO REACH 57F. AN ACTIVE THUNDERSTORM PERIOD RETURNED ON THE 26TH AND ESPECIALLY THE 27TH WHEN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED GUSTY WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAIN OVER THE REGION. MUD AND WATER WAS REPORTED ON STATE ROUTE 291 NEAR SWENSON ROAD. TREE DAMAGE WAS ALSO REPORTED IN CHATTAROY. ON THE 28TH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE REPORTED IN THE IDAHO PANHANDLE WITH A WEATHER STATION NEAR PRIEST LAKE RECEIVING 1.16 INCHES OF RAIN IN ONE HOUR. NO RECORDS WERE SET DURING THE MONTH AT THE SPOKANE AIRPORT.