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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
440 AM PST THU FEB 01 2024

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...THE WENATCHEE WA PANGBORN FIELD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2024...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1959 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             60   01/31/1971
 LOW             -12   01/12/2017
HIGHEST           45   01/09         34      11       50  01/27
LOWEST           -10   01/13         25     -35        9  01/30
AVG. MAXIMUM    31.1               33.6    -2.5     33.7
AVG. MINIMUM    22.6               24.1    -1.5     25.2
MEAN            26.9               28.9    -2.0     29.4
DAYS MAX >= 90     0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32    11               11.3    -0.3       10
DAYS MIN <= 32    25               27.4    -2.4       30
DAYS MIN <= 0      4                0.4     3.6        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        2.84   1995
 MINIMUM        0.01   1977
TOTALS          1.20               1.02    0.18     1.38
DAILY AVG.      0.04               0.03    0.01     0.04
DAYS >= .01       19                9.4     9.6       10
DAYS >= .10        6                3.8     2.2        5
DAYS >= .50        0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS >= 1.00       0                0.0     0.0        0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   0.18   01/02 TO 01/03               0.39


DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL   1174               1121      53     1094
 SINCE 7/1      3418               3620    -202       MM
COOLING TOTAL      0                  0       0        0
 SINCE 1/1         0                  0       0       MM
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              4.0
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    31/300    DATE  01/09
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    42/270    DATE  01/09

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.69
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR            8
NUMBER OF DAYS PC              4
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY         19

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     84

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     MIXED PRECIP               1
HEAVY RAIN                0     RAIN                       1
LIGHT RAIN               11     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          2     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                1     SNOW                       4
LIGHT SNOW               14     SLEET                      0
FOG                      22     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE     11
HAZE                      0

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

$$

JANUARY 2024 BROUGHT BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND ABOVE NORMAL
PRECIPITATION TO NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON.  IT WAS AN ACTIVE MONTH,
WITH SEVERAL SIGNIFICANT WEATHER EVENTS CENTERED BETWEEN JANUARY 9TH
AND THE 13TH.  ON THE 9TH A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKED ACROSS
SOUTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA PRODUCING HEAVY SNOW AND BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS IN THE CASCADES WITH A CLOSURE OF STEVENS AND BLEWETT
PASSES. AROUND 30 TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ON HIGHWAY 97 OVER BLEWETT
PASS. STEVENS PASS RECORDED 33.5 INCHES OF SNOW OVER A TWO DAY
PERIOD, WITH 17 INCHES IN STEHEKIN. PEAK WIND GUSTS INCLUDE 56 MPH
IN QUINCY, 47 MPH NEAR GEORGE, AND 42 MPH AT THE WENATCHEE AIRPORT.
THEN ON THE 11TH AN UNUSUAL SNOW SQUALL HIT THE WENATCHEE AREA WITH
HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS.  THIS WAS DUE TO AN ARCTIC FRONT
COLLIDING WITH A CONVERGENCE ZONE.  SNOW REPORTS AROUND THE
WENATCHEE AREA RANGED FROM 8-11 INCHES WITH SEVERAL ACCIDENTS.
ANOTHER SNOW SQUALL STALLED OVER INTERSTATE 90 BETWEEN VANTAGE AND
GEORGE FOR SEVERAL HOURS, CLOSING THE ROAD.  IF THAT WASN`T ENOUGH,
THE COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE SINCE DECEMBER 30TH, 1968 WAS ACHIEVED
AT THE WENATCHEE AIRPORT ON THE 13TH WITH -1F.  THIS WAS THE 3RD
COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED AT THE AIRPORT SINCE RECORDS
BEGAN IN 1959.  BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS WERE ALSO OBSERVED THAT
MORNING AS FOLLOWS: -42F CURLEW, -40F MANSFIELD, -39F RIVERSIDE,
-37F DOUGLAS, -31F HARTLINE, AND -27F IN EPHRATA.  THE REGION
GRADUALLY SCOURED OUT THE COLD AIR FROM THE 17TH THROUGH THE 22ND
WITH SEVERAL ROUNDS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW. LIGHT FREEZING RAIN
WAS ALSO OBSERVED IN PARTS OF THE COLUMBIA BASIN DURING THIS
TRANSITION.  THE MONTH FINISHED ON A MUCH MILDER NOTE AS SNOW LEVELS
ROCKETED TO NEAR 7000 FEET FROM THE 28TH THROUGH THE 31ST.

SEVERAL TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE SET OR TIED DURING THE MONTH AT THE
WENATCHEE AIRPORT.  RECORD COLD HIGH TEMPERATURES WERE SET FROM THE
12TH THROUGH THE 16TH AND THE 18TH WITH 9F ON THE 12TH, -1F 13TH, 7F
14TH, 11F 15TH, 14F ON THE 16TH, AND 21F ON THE 18TH.  RECORD LOW
TEMPERATURES WERE SET FROM THE 12TH THROUGH THE 16TH WITH -7F ON THE
12TH, -10F 13TH, -4F 14TH, -2F 15TH, AND 1F ON THE 16TH.