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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
814 AM PST FRI DEC 01 2023

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...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
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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
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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.

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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.