CXUS56 KOTX 041223 CLMGEG CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 643 AM PDT MON APR 01 2024 ................................... ...THE SPOKANE WA 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 74 03/30/1881 LOW -10 03/03/1891 HIGHEST 70 03/17 MM MM 58 03/22 LOWEST 22 03/06 MM MM 18 03/01 03/07 AVG. MAXIMUM 51.3 48.6 2.7 46.0 AVG. MINIMUM 32.7 31.5 1.2 29.2 MEAN 42.0 40.0 2.0 37.6 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.6 -0.6 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 14 19.4 -5.4 25 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 4.56 2012 MINIMUM 0.12 1909 TOTALS 0.98 1.83 -0.85 1.11 DAILY AVG. 0.03 0.06 -0.03 0.04 DAYS >= .01 11 11.8 -0.8 10 DAYS >= .10 2 6.5 -4.5 2 DAYS >= .50 0 0.5 -0.5 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.1 -0.1 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.42 03/27 TO 03/27 0.38 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 16.4 1897 TOTALS 3.4 3.9 -0.5 9.1 SINCE 7/1 31.6 44.6 -13.0 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 1 DAYS >= 1.0 1 1.2 -0.2 3 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 2 03/03 5 03/11 24 HR TOTAL MM MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 706 774 -68 840 SINCE 7/1 5041 5492 -451 MM COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.7 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 35/250 DATE 03/12 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 46/260 DATE 03/12 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.55 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 8 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 16 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 7 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 65 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 1 LIGHT RAIN 12 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 2 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 2 LIGHT SNOW 8 SLEET 0 FOG 10 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 2 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 OVER NORTHEAST WASHINGTON INTO THE NORTH 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 WIDESPREAD SNOW ON THE 2ND WITH 1-3". ON THE 3RD AND 4TH CONVECTIVE SNOW SHOWERS PUT DOWN LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW INCLUDING 8" METALINE FALLS AND DOVER, 7" ROSE LAKE, AND 6" IN RATHDRUM AND NEWMAN LAKE. COLD MORNING LOW TEMPERATURES FOLLOWED ESPECIALLY THE NORTHERN VALLEYS WITH DEER PARK DROPPING INTO THE TEENS AND UPPER SINGLE DIGITS FROM THE 3RD THROUGH THE 7TH. 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. PEAK WIND GUSTS IN THE SPOKANE AREA RANGED FROM 35-46 MPH, WHILE DEER PARK GUSTED TO 49 MPH ON THE 10TH. 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. THE DIAL TURNED BACK TO WINTER ON THE 24TH AS COLD AIR SPILLED INTO NORTH IDAHO WITH RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW IN BONNERS FERRY, SANDPOINT, AND COEUR D'ALENE. ON THE 26TH A LANDSPOUT TORNADO OCCURRED TWO MILES NNW OF DAVENPORT OVER OPEN WHEAT COUNTRY WITH NO DAMAGE. ON THE 28TH A WET SYSTEM DELIVERED WIDESPREAD VALLEY RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW. SEVERAL TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH AT THE SPOKANE AIRPORT. THIS INCLUDES A RECORD HIGH OF 70F THAT WAS TIED ON THE 17TH, WITH A RECORD HIGH OF 69F SET ON BOTH THE 18TH AND 19TH.