CXUS46 KOTX 011343 CLMLWS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 643 AM PDT MON APR 01 2024 ................................... ...THE LEWISTON ID AIRPORT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 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 ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 80 03/30/1923 LOW 2 03/05/1955 HIGHEST 75 03/19 MM MM 64 03/19 LOWEST 26 03/06 MM MM 26 03/01 03/07 AVG. MAXIMUM 57.0 55.1 1.9 52.1 AVG. MINIMUM 35.6 35.7 -0.1 33.9 MEAN 46.3 45.4 0.9 43.0 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.2 -0.2 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 9 9.1 -0.1 15 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 4.07 1931 MINIMUM 0.25 1969 TOTALS 0.50 1.30 -0.80 0.97 DAILY AVG. 0.02 0.04 -0.02 0.03 DAYS >= .01 13 11.7 1.3 15 DAYS >= .10 0 4.0 -4.0 3 DAYS >= .50 0 0.3 -0.3 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.0 0.0 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.12 03/01 TO 03/02 0.15 03/23 TO 03/24 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 9.7 1955 TOTALS T 0.8 -0.8 1.2 SINCE 7/1 13.3 12.7 0.6 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. T 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.2 -0.2 1 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH MM 1 03/05 24 HR TOTAL MM MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 571 608 -37 672 SINCE 7/1 4001 4325 -324 MM COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.9 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 26/280 DATE 03/01 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 46/290 DATE 03/01 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.37 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 16 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 12 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 3 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 60 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 3 LIGHT RAIN 17 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 BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON INTO THE SOUTH IDAHO PANHANDLE. 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 SAINT MARIES PICKED UP 4", WITH 2" IN MOSCOW. 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 PULLMAN AIRPORT PEAK WIND GUST REACHED 41 MPH ON THE 12TH. ANOTHER CHANGE ARRIVED FROM THE 16TH THROUGH THE 19TH AS STRONG HIGH PRESSURE SET UP DELIVERING HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 60S TO MID 70S. PULLMAN BROKE A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THE 17TH AND 18TH WITH 69F BOTH DAYS. NO RECORDS WERE SET DURING THE MONTH AT THE LEWISTON AIRPORT.