Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Spokane, WA
Issued by NWS Spokane, WA
000 CXUS56 KOTX 011143 CLMGEG CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 443 AM PDT THU JUN 01 2023 ................................... ...THE SPOKANE WA AIRPORT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 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 97 05/25/1928 LOW 24 05/08/2002 05/01/1954 HIGHEST 90 05/20 MM MM 73 05/26 LOWEST 43 05/23 MM MM 33 05/08 05/09 05/10 AVG. MAXIMUM 74.7 67.1 7.6 60.9 AVG. MINIMUM 52.3 44.9 7.4 41.4 MEAN 63.5 56.0 7.5 51.1 DAYS MAX >= 90 1 0.3 0.7 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 1.5 -1.5 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 5.71 1948 MINIMUM 0.06 1935 TOTALS 1.35 1.55 -0.20 1.50 DAILY AVG. 0.04 0.05 -0.01 0.05 DAYS >= .01 8 9.7 -1.7 12 DAYS >= .10 7 3.9 3.1 6 DAYS >= .50 0 0.7 -0.7 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.1 -0.1 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.65 05/04 TO 05/05 0.35 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 3.5 1967 TOTALS 0.0 0.1 -0.1 T 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 MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 112 294 -182 421 SINCE 7/1 6214 6329 -115 MM COOLING TOTAL 73 15 58 0 SINCE 1/1 78 15 63 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.1 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 29/210 DATE 05/22 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 37/200 DATE 05/22 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.51 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 10 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 17 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 4 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 56 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 10 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 2 RAIN 3 LIGHT RAIN 14 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 4 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. MAY 2023 BROUGHT WARMER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES TO NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND THE NORTH IDAHO PANHANDLE. THE MONTH BROUGHT SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. RAIN AMOUNTS OVER THE REGION WERE VARIABLE GIVEN THE SHOWERY NATURE WITH SOME AREAS WETTER THAN NORMAL WHILE OTHER ON THE DRY SIDE. THE FIRST THROUGH THE 9TH BROUGHT AN ACTIVE PERIOD WITH THUNDERSTORMS. SPOKANE REPORTED A THUNDERSTORM ON FIVE OF THE NINE DAYS. DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON THE 18TH THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING FROM BONNERS FERRY DOWN TO SANDPOINT. ON THE 20TH AND 21ST SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IMPACTED THE REGION NORTH OF SPOKANE AND COEUR D`ALENE. ON THE 20TH A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN CHEWELAH DUMPED HALF DOLLAR SIZED HAIL. QUARTER SIZED HAIL FELL NEAR IONE AT BIG MEADOW CAMPGROUND. HEAVY RAIN CONTRIBUTED TO WASHOUTS ON MEADOW CREEK ROAD WITH A SMALL LANDSLIDE. ON THE 21ST ONE OF THE HARDEST HIT AREAS WAS ADDY WITH HAIL REPORTS RANGING FROM QUARTER TO GOLF BALL SIZE. A TREE WAS ALSO BLOWN DOWN IN COLVILLE. THE OTHER STORY OF THE MONTH WAS THE WARM TEMPERATURES. THE FIRST THREE WEEKS BROUGHT SEVERAL DAYS OF WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WITH TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE PERIOD AVERAGING 8-10 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. SEVERAL DAYS WARMED INTO THE 80S, WITH SPOKANE AIRPORT REACHING ITS FIRST 90 DEGREE DAY ON THE 20TH WHICH WAS ABOUT A MONTH AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. SEVERAL HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS OCCURRED DURING THE MONTH AT THE SPOKANE AIRPORT INCLUDING 85 ON THE 2ND AND 3RD, 87 ON THE 19TH, AND 90F ON THE 20TH. $$