Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Spokane, WA
Issued by NWS Spokane, WA
917 CXUS56 KOTX 011347 CLMGEG CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 647 AM PDT WED NOV 01 2023 ................................... ...THE SPOKANE WA AIRPORT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 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 87 10/04/1943 LOW 7 10/31/2002 HIGHEST 81 10/08 MM MM 80 10/03 10/04 LOWEST 20 10/28 MM MM 32 10/23 AVG. MAXIMUM 61.1 57.7 3.4 66.1 AVG. MINIMUM 41.4 38.0 3.4 44.0 MEAN 51.3 47.9 3.4 55.0 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.2 -0.2 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 7 7.5 -0.5 1 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 6.23 2016 MINIMUM T 1895 TOTALS 0.45 1.37 -0.92 0.61 DAILY AVG. 0.01 0.04 -0.03 0.02 DAYS >= .01 5 8.9 -3.9 5 DAYS >= .10 2 4.1 -2.1 2 DAYS >= .50 0 0.6 -0.6 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.0 0.0 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.33 10/24 TO 10/25 0.37 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 7.5 2020 TOTALS 1.1 0.5 0.6 T SINCE 7/1 1.1 0.6 0.5 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. T 0 DAYS >= 1.0 1 0.1 0.9 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH MM 0 MM 24 HR TOTAL MM T DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 422 532 -110 302 SINCE 7/1 575 748 -173 MM COOLING TOTAL 3 1 2 1 SINCE 1/1 795 515 280 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.0 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 25/220 DATE 10/23 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 29/230 DATE 10/23 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.52 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 10 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 11 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 10 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 63 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 4 LIGHT RAIN 9 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 2 LIGHT SNOW 3 SLEET 0 FOG 10 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1 HAZE 3 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. OCTOBER 2023 FINISHED DRIER AND SLIGHTLY WARMER THAN NORMAL OVER NORTHEAST WASHINGTON INTO THE NORTH IDAHO PANHANDLE. THE FIRST THREE WEEKS OF THE MONTH STARTED OFF VERY MILD WITH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES. SPOKANE AIRPORT MADE IT INTO THE 70S OR WARMER 10 DAYS, WITH EVEN 81F ON THE 8TH. THEN CONDITIONS CHANGED DRASTICALLY TO A WINTER NOTE. FROM THE 24TH THROUGH THE 31ST MUCH COLDER AIR ARRIVED WITH EVEN SOME SNOW ON THE 25TH. SNOW TOTALS WAS ELEVATION DEPENDENT WITH NO ACCUMULATION IN DOWNTOWN SPOKANE, 1 INCH AT THE AIRPORT, AND 2-3 INCHES IN DAVENPORT. ON THE 27TH ANOTHER LIGHT SNOW FELL CREATING SOME SLICK ROADS WITH SLIDEOFFS ON INTERSTATE 90 NEAR FOUR LAKES, AND HIGHWAY 2 BETWEEN AIRWAY HEIGHTS AND DAVENPORT. THEN THE SKIES CLEARED ALLOWING FOR THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES OF THE MONTH. ON THE 28TH AND 29TH SOME OF THE COLDEST READINGS INCLUDED 11F DEER PARK, 13F IN WILBUR AND DAVENPORT, AND 15F IN SANDPOINT. SPOKANE AIRPORT SET A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 76F ON THE 19TH. $$