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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1035 AM PDT TUE JUL 02 2024

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...THE SPOKANE WA AIRPORT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE 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
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH            109   06/29/2021
 LOW              33   06/01/1984
HIGHEST           90   06/22         MM      MM       91  06/07
LOWEST            39   06/16         MM      MM       41  06/19
AVG. MAXIMUM    76.8               73.7     3.1     78.6
AVG. MINIMUM    51.8               50.8     1.0     54.3
MEAN            64.3               62.3     2.0     66.5
DAYS MAX >= 90     1                1.5    -0.5        2
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        5.12   1888
 MINIMUM        0.01   1919
TOTALS          0.85               1.17   -0.32     0.86
DAILY AVG.      0.03               0.04   -0.01     0.03
DAYS >= .01        8                7.8     0.2        6
DAYS >= .10        4                3.6     0.4        3
DAYS >= .50        0                0.4    -0.4        0
DAYS >= 1.00       0                0.0     0.0        0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   0.48   06/02 TO 06/03               0.56

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL             T   2016
TOTALS           0.0                0.0     0.0      0.0
SINCE 7/1       32.6               45.4   -12.8       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     88                134     -46       61
 SINCE 7/1      5857               6463    -606       MM
COOLING TOTAL     76                 52      24      113
 SINCE 1/1        90                 67      23       MM
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              9.7
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    43/240    DATE  06/03
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    59/230    DATE  06/03

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.51
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR           10
NUMBER OF DAYS PC             15
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY          5

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     45

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              5     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                1     RAIN                       1
LIGHT RAIN               11     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       0
LIGHT SNOW                0     SLEET                      0
FOG                       3     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      1
HAZE                      2

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

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JUNE 2024 FINISHED WITH NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND BELOW NORMAL
PRECIPITATION FOR MOST AREAS ACROSS NORTHEAST WASHINGTON INTO THE
NORTH IDAHO PANHANDLE.  IT WAS AN ACTIVE MONTH HOWEVER WITH SEVERAL
ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. AREAS THAT WERE MORE
CONSISTENTLY HIT WITH HEAVIER RAIN FINISHED THE MONTH WITH NORMAL
PRECIPITATION WHICH INCLUDES AREAS FROM DOWNTOWN SPOKANE UP THROUGH
DEER PARK AND PRIEST LAKE.

ON THE 2ND AND 3RD A LATE SEASON ATMOSPHERIC RIVER BROUGHT STEADY
RAINS FOLLOWED BY GUSTY WINDS.  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ENHANCED
WINDS EVEN FURTHER. A LINE OF STRONGER STORMS PASSED ALONG THE I-90
CORRIDOR FROM RITZVILLE TO POST FALLS. IN RITZVILLE, SEVERAL TREES
AT THE CAMPGROUNDS SUFFERED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE.  THE SPOKANE AIRPORT
RECORDED A GUST TO 59 MPH AFTER A STORM HAD PASSED. RAIN TOTALS
INCLUDE 2.09 INCHES IN SAGLE, 2 INCHES NEAR PRIEST RIVER, 1.56
INCHES NEWMAN LAKE, AND 1.30 INCHES IN POST FALLS. ON THE 11TH WINDY
CONDITIONS OCCURRED IN THE REGION WITH PEAK WIND GUSTS INCLUDING 47
MPH SPOKANE AIRPORT AND 44 MPH IN ATHOL.  ON THE 15TH WINDY
CONDITIONS OCCURRED WITH A COLD FRONT PASSAGE ALONG WITH SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. PEAK WIND GUSTS INCLUDE 51 MPH IN KETTLE
FALLS, 45 MPH RATHDRUM, AND 44 MPH AT THE SPOKANE AIRPORT. PENNY
SIZE HAIL WAS RECORDED IN KOOTENAI.  COLD MORNING TEMPS FOLLOWED ON
THE 16TH AND 17TH WITH EVEN SOME FROST IN SOME AREAS. DAVENPORT AND
CHEWELAH DROPPED TO 31F, WITH 34F IN DEER PARK. THE REMAINDER OF THE
MONTH BROUGHT MORE SPRING LIKE WEATHER WITH SEVERAL ROUNDS OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. A FEW WERE STRONG WITH HAIL GUSTY WINDS,
AND BRIEF DOWNPOURS.  ON THE 18TH HALF INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED NEAR
CHATTAROY AND DEEP CREEK. IN COLVILLE 0.36 INCHES OF RAIN IN 20
MINUTES RESULTED IN SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF WATER AND WATER RUNNING
DOWN THE STREET.  ON THE 27TH MORE STORMS IN COLVILLE PRODUCED HEAVY
RAIN WITH A REPORT OF 0.81 INCHES WHICH RESULTED IN STANDING WATER
ON ROADS A BUSINESS DOWNTOWN THAT FLOODED. NEAR DIAMOND LAKE IN JUST
25 MINUTES 0.52 INCHES OF RAIN FELL.  ON THE 30TH THUNDERSTORMS
DEVELOPED FROM DAVENPORT AND HUNTERS AND TRACKED EASTWARD THROUGH
NORTH SPOKANE, DEER PARK, CHEWELAH, NEWPORT, AND SANDPOINT.  THESE
STORMS PRODUCED GUSTY WINDS, BRIEF DOWNPOURS, AND ABUNDANT
LIGHTNING. A TREE FELL ON A POWERLINE IN THE MILLWOOD AREA OF
SPOKANE RESULTING IN A HANDFUL OF POWER OUTAGES IN THE REGION.

NO RECORDS WERE BROKEN DURING THE MONTH AT THE SPOKANE AIRPORT.