Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Spokane, WA
Issued by NWS Spokane, WA
973 CXUS56 KOTX 011316 CLMGEG CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 516 AM PST FRI MAR 01 2024 ................................... ...THE SPOKANE WA 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 63 02/20/1995 LOW -24 02/02/1996 HIGHEST 51 02/23 MM MM 48 02/20 LOWEST 17 02/17 MM MM 3 02/24 AVG. MAXIMUM 41.4 39.5 1.9 39.1 AVG. MINIMUM 30.8 26.3 4.5 24.3 MEAN 36.1 32.9 3.2 31.7 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 1 4.7 -3.7 3 DAYS MIN <= 32 14 22.9 -8.9 23 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.3 -0.3 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 5.62 1940 MINIMUM 0.04 2005 TOTALS 2.03 1.44 0.59 0.70 DAILY AVG. 0.07 NAN NAN 0.03 DAYS >= .01 17 10.9 6.1 7 DAYS >= .10 9 5.0 4.0 3 DAYS >= .50 0 0.4 -0.4 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.0 0.0 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.58 02/28 TO 02/29 0.31 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 39.6 1893 TOTALS 4.9 7.8 -2.9 8.6 SINCE 7/1 28.2 40.7 -12.5 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 1 DAYS >= 1.0 1 2.7 -1.7 3 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 2 02/17 4 02/28 02/18 02/19 24 HR TOTAL 2.7 02/15 TO 02/15 MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 829 899 -70 926 SINCE 7/1 4335 4778 -443 MM COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.4 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 39/230 DATE 02/25 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 53/210 DATE 02/25 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.82 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 1 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 8 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 20 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 79 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 0 LIGHT RAIN 14 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 2 HAIL 1 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 1 LIGHT SNOW 11 SLEET 0 FOG 24 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 13 HAZE 7 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ FEBRUARY 2024 BROUGHT WARMER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES TO NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND THE NORTH IDAHO PANHANDLE. PRECIPITATION WAS NEAR TO ABOVE NORMAL. 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 2-3 INCHES OF SNOW FROM THE COLUMBIA BASIN INTO THE SPOKANE AND COEUR D`ALENE AREA. ON THE 25TH A STRONG COLD FRONT DELIVERED WINDY CONDITIONS TO THE REGION, WITH A PEAK WIND GUST OF 53 MPH AT THE SPOKANE AIRPORT AND IN ATHOL. ON THE 28TH A WARMER AND WETTER SYSTEM ARRIVED ALTHOUGH PRECIPITATION STARTED AS SNOW IN THE MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS RANGED FROM 0.5-3 INCHES IN THE SPOKANE AREA BUT NORTH IDAHO RECEIVED ANYWHERE FROM 4 TO 7 INCHES FROM BONNERS FERRY DOWN TO THE COEUR D`ALENE AREA.