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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
608 PM PST SUN MAR 02 2025

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...THE SPOKANE WA AIRPORT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2025...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1881 TO 2025

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART   LAST YEAR`S
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM     VALUE DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH             63   02/20/1995
 LOW             -24   02/02/1996
HIGHEST           58   02/28         MM      MM       51  02/23
LOWEST            -4   02/12         MM      MM       17  02/17
AVG. MAXIMUM    35.4               39.5    -4.1     41.4
AVG. MINIMUM    21.8               26.3    -4.5     30.8
MEAN            28.6               32.9    -4.3     36.1
DAYS MAX >= 90     0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32    13                4.7     8.3        1
DAYS MIN <= 32    24               22.9     1.1       14
DAYS MIN <= 0      3                0.3     2.7        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        5.62   1940
 MINIMUM        0.04   2005
TOTALS          2.05               1.44    0.61     2.03
DAILY AVG.      0.07               0.05    0.02     0.07
DAYS >= .01       14               10.9     3.1       17
DAYS >= .10        7                5.0     2.0        9
DAYS >= .50        1                0.4     0.6        0
DAYS >= 1.00       0                0.0     0.0        0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   0.70   02/22 TO 02/23               0.58

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL          39.6   1893
TOTALS          15.9                7.8     8.1      4.9
SINCE 7/1       28.9               40.7   -11.8       MM
SNOWDEPTH AVG.     3                                   0
DAYS >= 1.0        7                2.7     4.3        1
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        9   02/20                           2  02/17
                                                          02/18
                                                          02/19
 24 HR TOTAL      MM                                 2.7

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL   1013                899     114      829
 SINCE 7/1      4378               4720    -342       MM
COOLING TOTAL      0                  0       0        0
 SINCE 1/1         0                  0       0       MM
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              7.2
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    38/240    DATE  02/25
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    54/220    DATE  02/25

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.72
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR            5
NUMBER OF DAYS PC              7
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY         16

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     79

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                0     RAIN                       1
LIGHT RAIN                4     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          2     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       2
LIGHT SNOW               15     SLEET                      0
FOG                      19     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      7
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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FEBRUARY 2025 BROUGHT COOLER AND WETTER THAN NORMAL CONDITIONS TO
NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND THE NORTH IDAHO PANHANDLE.  BUT IT WAS A
MONTH OF SWINGS FEATURING BOTH THE COLDEST AND WARMEST TEMPERATURES
OF THE WINTER. THE FIRST 3 WEEKS BROUGHT SEVERAL ROUNDS OF LIGHT TO
MODERATE SNOW. BY THE 20TH THE SNOW DEPTH INCREASED TO THE HIGHEST
LEVEL OF THE SEASON AT THE SPOKANE AIRPORT AT 9".  THE COLDEST
TEMPERATURES OF THE WINTER ALSO OCCURRED DURING THIS STRETCH FROM
THE 9TH THROUGH THE 13TH. SOME OF THE COLDEST READINGS INCLUDE -14F
AT SPIRIT LAKE AND PRIEST LAKE, AND -10F IN CHENEY.  THIS COLD SPELL
WOULD SOON BE IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR AS THE WARMEST TEMPERATURES OF
THE WINTER ARRIVED ON THE 27TH AND 28TH WITH HIGHS IN THE MID TO
UPPER 50S.  THE RAPID WARM THOUGH WAS BAD NEWS AS THE RAPID SNOW
MELT COMBINED WITH PERIODS OF RAIN AND WINDY CONDITIONS RESULTED IN
RAPID RISES ON CREEKS AND STREAMS WITH FLOODING MOST PRONOUNCED FROM
THE SPOKANE AREA DOWN THROUGH THE PALOUSE. SEVERAL TOWNS WERE
INUNDATED WITH WATER INCLUDING GARFIELD, OAKESDALE, THORNTON,
ROSALIA, COLFAX, PLAZA, PALOUSE, PULLMAN, MOSCOW, AND EDWALL.
SEVERAL ROADS WERE CLOSED AT ONE POINT DUE TO WATER OVER ROADS
INCLUDING US 2 JUST WEST OF FAIRCHILD AFB, US 27 FROM OAKESDALE TO
EDEN, AND PORTIONS OF STATE ROUTES 23, 25, 231, AND 272. OAKESDALE
WAS ONE OF THE HARDEST HIT TOWNS WITH WATER FROM A FLOODED CREEK
RUNNING INTO SEVERAL HOMES. THE TOWN OF PALOUSE WAS ALSO HARD HIT
WAS WATER IN THE BASEMENT FOR SEVERAL BUILDINGS ALONG THE PALOUSE
RIVER. THE WATER WAS ESTIMATED TO BE AT LEAST 3 FEET DEEP. THE
PALOUSE RIVER AT POTLATCH CRESTED AT 17.2 FEET WHICH WAS THE 11TH
HIGHEST ON RECORD. HANGMAN CREEK CRESTED NEAR THE MODERATE FLOOD
STAGE OF 13 FEET. PARADISE CREEK ON THE PALOUSE CRESTED AT 11.21
FEET WHICH WAS THE 3RD HIGHEST ON RECORD. 48 HOUR PRECIPITATION
TOTALS INCLUDE 1.99" ST MARIES, 1.74" SANDPOINT, 1.42" NEWMAN LAKE,
AND 1.24" CLAYTON. WINDY CONDITIONS OCCURRED ON THE 23RD WITH GUSTS
RANGING FROM 35-55 MPH WITH THE SPOKANE AIRPORT PEAK GUST 54 MPH.

ON FEBRUARY 23RD RECORD DAILY PRECIPITATION OCCURRED AT THE SPOKANE
AIRPORT WITH 0.63 INCHES.