Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Spokane, WA
Issued by NWS Spokane, WA
000 CXUS56 KOTX 011253 CLMEAT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 553 AM PDT TUE AUG 01 2023 ................................... ...THE WENATCHEE WA PANGBORN FIELD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JULY 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1959 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 109 07/28/2022 LOW 43 07/07/1971 07/02/1962 HIGHEST 99 07/21 MM MM 109 07/28 LOWEST 57 07/26 MM MM 52 07/05 AVG. MAXIMUM 90.0 87.6 2.4 91.2 AVG. MINIMUM 64.3 61.8 2.5 64.1 MEAN 77.1 74.7 2.4 77.6 DAYS MAX >= 90 14 14.9 -0.9 18 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 1.14 1965 MINIMUM 0.00 2017 TOTALS 0.09 0.24 -0.15 0.54 DAILY AVG. 0.00 0.01 -0.01 0.02 DAYS >= .01 1 2.5 -1.5 3 DAYS >= .10 0 0.7 -0.7 1 DAYS >= .50 0 0.1 -0.1 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.0 0.0 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.09 07/10 TO 07/10 0.46 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 0 6 -6 0 SINCE 7/1 0 2 -2 MM COOLING TOTAL 376 306 70 400 SINCE 1/1 668 449 219 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.0 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 37/310 DATE 07/17 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 44/310 DATE 07/17 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.02 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 30 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 1 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 0 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 37 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 2 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 0 LIGHT RAIN 1 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 0 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 4 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ JULY 2023 DELIVERED WARMER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION TO NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON, EXCEPT THE METHOW VALLEY AREA DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN. TEMPERATURES DID NOT FLUCTUATE TOO DRASTICALLY DURING THE MONTH WITH MOST DAYS REACHING THE MID 80S TO MID 90S. THERE WAS ONE ACTIVE PERIOD DURING THE MONTH FROM THE 5TH THROUGH THE 12TH. WHAT BEGAN AS ISOLATED MOUNTAIN THUNDERSTORMS FOR SEVERAL DAYS TURNED MORE ACTIVE BEGINNING ON THE 9TH. A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN RESULTED IN A DEBRIS FLOW ACROSS BONAPARTE LAKE ROAD NEAR WAUCONDA. ON THE 10TH THUNDERSTORMS WITH ABUNDANT LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAIN TRACKED FROM LAKE CHELAN AND THE MOUNTAINS AROUND THE METHOW VALLEY EAST INTO SOAP LAKE, COULEE CITY, AND WILBUR. THE HEAVY RAIN CAUSED FLASH FLOODING ON THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU WITH A LARGE WASHOUT ON HIGHWAY 2. THERE WERE ALSO SEVERAL REPORTS OF HAIL AND FLOODING BETWEEN WATERVILLE AND COULEE CITY AND BETWEEN HARTLINE AND ALMIRA. HAIL RANGED FROM PENNY TO QUARTER SIZE IN DIAMETER. A LANDSPOUT TORNADO WAS REPORTED NEAR THE WILBUR AIRPORT. NEAR MAZAMA A DEBRIS FLOW OF MUD AND TIMBER MOVED DOWNSTREAM ALONG LOONEY CREEK DRAINAGE AND IMPACTED PARTS OF DAVELAAR DRIVE. ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS ON THE 12TH BROUGHT MORE FLOODING AROUND THE METHOW VALLEY NEAR WINTHROP. MUD AND DEBRIS WENT ACROSS WEST CHEWUCH ROAD WITH ALMOST A FOOT OF WATER AT THE INTERSECTION WITH HIGHWAY 20. ONE RAIN GAUGE IN THE AREA PICKED UP 2.38 INCHES. THE SECOND HALF OF JULY BROUGHT QUIETER WEATHER. ALTHOUGH A COLD FRONT ON THE 17TH DELIVERED WINDY CONDITIONS WITH A PEAK WIND GUST OF 44 MPH AT THE WENATCHEE AIRPORT. NO RECORDS WERE SET DURING THE MONTH AT THE WENATCHEE AIRPORT.