CXUS56 KOTX 011250 CLMGEG CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 550 AM PDT FRI NOV 01 2024 ................................... ...THE SPOKANE WA AIRPORT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 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 87 10/04/1943 LOW 7 10/31/2002 HIGHEST 77 10/08 MM MM 81 10/08 LOWEST 30 10/23 MM MM 20 10/28 10/30 AVG. MAXIMUM 61.5 57.7 3.8 61.1 AVG. MINIMUM 40.3 38.0 2.3 41.4 MEAN 50.9 47.9 3.0 51.3 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.2 -0.2 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 4 7.5 -3.5 7 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 6.23 2016 MINIMUM T 1895 TOTALS 0.90 1.37 -0.47 0.45 DAILY AVG. 0.03 0.04 -0.01 0.01 DAYS >= .01 7 8.9 -1.9 5 DAYS >= .10 4 4.1 -0.1 2 DAYS >= .50 0 0.6 -0.6 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.0 0.0 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.37 10/30 TO 10/31 0.33 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 7.5 2020 TOTALS 0.0 0.5 -0.5 1.1 SINCE 7/1 0.0 0.6 -0.6 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 -1 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.1 -0.1 1 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 MM 10/29 10/25 10/26 24 HR TOTAL MM 1.1 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 428 532 -104 422 SINCE 7/1 517 748 -231 MM COOLING TOTAL 0 1 -1 3 SINCE 1/1 871 515 356 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.4 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 31/220 DATE 10/27 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 39/210 DATE 10/27 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.52 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 10 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 15 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 6 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 66 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 4 LIGHT RAIN 9 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 10 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 4 HAZE 2 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ OCTOBER 2024 BROUGHT WARMER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL CONDITIONS TO NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND THE NORTH IDAHO PANHANDLE. OVERALL IT WAS A FAIRLY QUIET MONTH WITH NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER EVENTS. OCTOBER IS THE BIGGEST MONTH OF WEATHER CHANGES FOR THE INLAND NW HISTORICALLY AND THIS ONE WAS NO DIFFERENT. FOR THE FIRST HALF MILD TEMPERATURES DOMINATED WITH SPOKANE MAKING IT INTO THE 70S FOR 8 OF THE FIRST 15 DAYS. BUT BY THE LAST WEEK OF OCTOBER TEMPERATURES WERE MUCH COOLER WITH HIGHS MOST DAYS IN THE 40S AND 50S. PERIODS OF LIGHT PRECIPITATION AND BREEZY WINDS ACCOMPANIED SEVERAL FRONTAL PASSAGES DURING THE MONTH. NO RECORDS WERE SET DURING THE MONTH AT THE SPOKANE AIRPORT.