Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Spokane, WA
Issued by NWS Spokane, WA
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CXUS56 KOTX 011340
CLMEAT
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
640 AM PDT SUN SEP 01 2024
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...THE WENATCHEE WA PANGBORN FIELD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2024...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1959 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 08/04/1961
LOW 42 08/23/1992
HIGHEST 102 08/02 MM MM 104 08/15
LOWEST 50 08/28 MM MM 54 08/24
AVG. MAXIMUM 85.7 86.4 -0.7 87.5
AVG. MINIMUM 62.1 61.0 1.1 63.2
MEAN 73.9 73.7 0.2 75.4
DAYS MAX >= 90 13 12.5 0.5 13
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 2.01 1976
MINIMUM 0.00 2011
TOTALS 0.39 0.23 0.16 0.41
DAILY AVG. 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01
DAYS >= .01 2 2.0 0.0 5
DAYS >= .10 1 0.6 0.4 2
DAYS >= .50 0 0.1 -0.1 0
DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.0 0.0 0
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 0.37 08/23 TO 08/23 0.21
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 17 7 10 0
SINCE 7/1 17 9 8 MM
COOLING TOTAL 300 277 23 329
SINCE 1/1 908 726 182 MM
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.2
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 41/310 DATE 08/27
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 49/310 DATE 08/27
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.09
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 29
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 2
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 0
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 47
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 3 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 1
LIGHT RAIN 6 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0
LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0
FOG 1 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.
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AUGUST 2024 FINISHED WITH SLIGHTLY WARMER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES
FOR NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON. PRECIPITATION WAS ABOVE NORMAL ALONG
THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES INTO THE OKANOGAN VALLEY AND
HIGHLANDS, WHILE BELOW NORMAL IN THE COLUMBIA BASIN. THE MONTH
STARTED OFF HOT WITH TEMPERATURES REACHING THE TRIPLE DIGITS ON THE
2ND. THE HEAT GRADUALLY SUBSIDED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE MONTH.
THERE WERE SEVERAL THUNDERSTORM EVENTS DURING THE MONTH STARTING ON
THE 5TH WITH ISOLATED MORNING THUNDERSTORMS FROM WENATCHEE ONTO THE
WATERVILLE PLATEAU, AND IN THE COLUMBIA BASIN. ON THE 11TH
THUNDERSTORMS IN MAZAMA RESULTED IN A DEBRIS FLOW DUE TO HEAVY RAIN
ON THE CEDAR CREEK BURN SCAR. ON THE 17TH THUNDERSTORMS AROUND
WENATCHEE AND THE CASCADES PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING. SEVERAL
NEW FIRES WERE IGNITED BUT RAIN KEPT MOST OF THEM SMALL. ON THE 23RD
AND 24TH A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKED INTO CENTRAL WASHINGTON.
INITIALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOLLOWED BY STEADY RAINS. ONE
STORM ON THE 23RD PRODUCED FLASH FLOODING IN WEST WENATCHEE. OMAK ON
THE 24TH ONLY REACHED 59F, THE COLDEST AUGUST HIGH TEMPERATURE SINCE
1992. WINTHROP RECORDED 1.78 INCHES OF RAIN, SETTING A RECORD FOR
THE WETTEST AUGUST DAY, AND ALSO CAME IN TIED FOR 8TH WETTEST ALL
TIME. ON THE 27TH A STRONG COLD FRONT DELIVERED WINDY CONDITIONS.
BLOWING DUST WENT ACROSS THE COLUMBIA BASIN. PEAK WIND GUSTS INCLUDE
51 MPH AT DOUGLAS ON THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU, 49 MPH WENATCHEE
AIRPORT, AND 45 MPH EPHRATA.
THE WENATCHEE AIRPORT HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 60F ON THE 24TH SET A
RECORD FOR THE COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE DATE. IT ALSO TIED
FOR THE COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDED FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST.