CXUS56 KOTX 011343 CLMEAT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 643 AM PDT MON APR 01 2024 ................................... ...THE WENATCHEE WA PANGBORN FIELD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 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 ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 78 03/28/1994 03/31/1992 LOW 4 03/04/2019 HIGHEST 72 03/19 54 18 60 03/30 LOWEST 23 03/06 34 -11 21 03/01 AVG. MAXIMUM 55.0 52.5 2.5 48.2 AVG. MINIMUM 34.8 33.7 1.1 31.6 MEAN 44.9 43.1 1.8 39.9 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.6 -0.6 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 11 12.2 -1.2 21 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 2.34 1983 MINIMUM 0.02 1994 TOTALS 0.58 0.73 -0.15 0.38 DAILY AVG. 0.02 0.02 -0.00 0.01 DAYS >= .01 10 6.3 3.7 8 DAYS >= .10 1 2.2 -1.2 2 DAYS >= .50 0 0.2 -0.2 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.0 0.0 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.44 03/22 TO 03/23 0.12 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 617 679 -62 769 SINCE 7/1 4796 5153 -357 MM COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.1 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 32/260 DATE 03/12 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 44/270 DATE 03/12 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.25 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 20 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 9 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 2 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 59 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 0 LIGHT RAIN 12 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 3 SLEET 0 FOG 6 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1 HAZE 0 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ MARCH 2024 FINISHED WITH NEAR TO ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND PRECIPITATION OVER NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON. MARCH OFTEN BRINGS ABOUT SEVERAL WEATHER CHANGES AS SPRING ARRIVES AND THIS ONE WAS NO DIFFERENT. THE MONTH STARTED ON A WINTRY NOTE WITH SNOW SHOWERS IN MANY AREAS THROUGH THE 4TH. ON THE 2ND AREAS AROUND WAUCONDA PICKED UP 4", WITH 2" IN CONCONULLY AND CARLTON. COLD MORNING LOW TEMPERATURES FOLLOWED MORNING LOWS FOLLOWED FROM THE 3RD THROUGH THE 7TH SEITH SEVERAL LOCATIONS DROPPING INTO THE TEENS OR UPPER SINGLE DIGITS. SOME OF THE COLDER READINGS INCLUDE 4F HOLDEN VILLAGE, 11F MAZAMA, 13F WINTHROP, AND 14F IN PLAIN. THE REGION THEN TRANSITIONED TO MORE TYPICAL MARCH TEMPERATURES FROM THE 8TH THROUGH THE 12TH AS A SERIES OF WEATHER SYSTEMS DELIVERED LIGHT PRECIPITATION AND WINDY CONDITIONS AT TIMES. THE WENATCHEE AIRPORT PEAK WIND GUST REACHED 40 MPH ON THE 9TH AND 44 MPH ON THE 12TH. ANOTHER CHANGE ARRIVED FROM THE 16TH THROUGH THE 19TH AS STRONG HIGH PRESSURE SET UP. RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOW 70S OCCURRED ON SEVERAL DAYS DURING THIS WARM SPELL. ON THE 23RD WIDESPREAD RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW FELL OVER NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON WITH RECORD PRECIPITATION IN SOME AREAS. OMAK RECEIVED 0.84 INCHES, CRUSHING THE OLD DAILY RECORD 0F 0.38 INCHES. IT WAS THE 2ND WETTEST OF ANY MARCH DAY DATING BACK TO 1909. ANOTHER WET STORM TRACKED ACROSS THE REGION ON THE 28TH BRINGING MORE RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW. SEVERAL RECORDS WERE TIED OR BROKE DURING THE MONTH AT THE WENATCHEE AIRPORT. THIS INCLUDES A RECORD HIGH OF 71F ON THE 17TH, A RECORD TIE OF 70F ON THE 18TH, AND A RECORD OF 72F ON THE 19TH. RECORD PRECIPITATION OF 0.43 INCHES WAS SET ON THE 23RD.