CXUS56 KOTX 012327 CLMEAT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 427 PM PDT WED MAY 01 2024 ................................... ...THE WENATCHEE WA PANGBORN FIELD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 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 93 04/24/1977 LOW 23 04/15/2022 HIGHEST 79 04/14 62 17 83 04/30 LOWEST 34 04/19 41 -7 27 04/02 AVG. MAXIMUM 61.7 61.8 -0.1 58.6 AVG. MINIMUM 40.9 40.4 0.5 38.2 MEAN 51.3 51.1 0.2 48.4 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 2.2 -2.2 8 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 3.35 1967 MINIMUM T 1977 TOTALS 0.16 0.57 -0.41 0.44 DAILY AVG. 0.01 0.02 -0.01 0.01 DAYS >= .01 4 4.9 -0.9 4 DAYS >= .10 0 1.9 -1.9 2 DAYS >= .50 0 0.1 -0.1 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.0 0.0 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.08 04/25 TO 04/25 0.24 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 388 418 -30 495 SINCE 7/1 5184 5569 -385 MM COOLING TOTAL 0 2 -2 4 SINCE 1/1 0 2 -2 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.1 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 32/310 DATE 04/15 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 42/290 DATE 04/29 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.24 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 21 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 6 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 2 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 48 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 0 LIGHT RAIN 6 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 0 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 1 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ APRIL 2024 BROUGHT NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION TO NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON. THE FIRST PART OF THE MONTH BROUGHT SOME SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN THE WEATHER. AFTER REACHING 76F AT THE WENATCHEE AIRPORT ON THE 2ND, A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM BROUGHT MUCH COOLER AND SHOWERY WEATHER ON THE 4TH AND 5TH WITH HIGHS ONLY IN THE 40S. STEADY PRECIPITATION FELL IN THE WILBUR AND GRAND COULEE AREAS ON THE 5TH WITH 0.83 AND 0.72 INCHES RESPECTIVELY. TEMPERATURES THEN REBOUNDED HEADING INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE MONTH, WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES CLIMBING BACK UP INTO THE 70S ON THE 13TH AND 14TH. EPHRATA EVEN REACHED 80F ON THE 14TH. THE SECOND OF THE MONTH BROUGHT SEVERAL COLD FRONTS DELIVERING BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS. WIND GUSTS ON SEVERAL DAYS DURING THIS STRETCH PEAKED IN THE 30-40 MPH RANGE AT THE WENATCHEE AIRPORT. NO RECORDS WERE SET DURING THE MONTH AT THE WENATCHEE AIRPORT.