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CXUS56 KOTX 240814
CLMEAT
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
114 AM PDT MON AUG 24 2026
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...THE WENATCHEE WA PANGBORN FIELD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JULY 2026...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1959 TO 2026
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S)
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 109 07/28/2022
LOW 43 07/07/1971
07/02/1962
HIGHEST 95 07/07 MM MM 103 07/13
LOWEST 56 07/01 MM MM 60 07/16
07/02
07/22
AVG. MAXIMUM 87.6 87.6 -0.0 90.4
AVG. MINIMUM 63.3 61.8 1.5 66.0
MEAN 75.4 74.7 0.7 78.2
DAYS MAX >= 90 7 14.9 -7.9 16
DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 1.14 1965
MINIMUM 0.00 2017
TOTALS 0.00R 0.24 -0.24 0.04
DAILY AVG. 0.00 0.01 -0.01 0.00
DAYS >= .01 0 2.5 -2.5 3
DAYS >= .10 0 0.7 -0.7 0
DAYS >= .50 0 0.1 -0.1 0
DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.0 0.0 0
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 0.00 06/30 TO 06/30 0.03
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 0 6 -6 0
SINCE 7/1 0 2 -2 MM
COOLING TOTAL 215 306 -91 415
SINCE 1/1 452 449 3 MM
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.0
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 28/300 DATE 07/08
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 37/300 DATE 07/28
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.02
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 22
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 0
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 0
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 33
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 0
LIGHT RAIN 0 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 2
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
JULY 2026 BROUGHT SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND BELOW
NORMAL PRECIPITATION TO NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON. THERE WERE
SEVERAL ROUNDS OF DRY AND BREEZY WINDS WHICH ALLOWED SEVERAL
WILDFIRES TO GROW FOLLOWING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE 15TH
THROUGH THE 17TH. LIGHTNING STARTED SEVERAL FIRES INCLUDING KEISER
CANYON NEAR NESPELEM WHICH BURNED OVER 138,000 ACRES. LITTLE GIANT
FIRE, 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF LEAVENWORTH WAS STILL ACTIVELY BURNING
AT THE END OF AUGUST WITH OVER 144,000 ACRES BURNED. THE PTARMIGAN
FIRE, 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF MAZAMA THROUGH AUGUST HAD BURNED OVER
24,000 ACRES. THE SINLAHEKIN FIRE, 12 MILES WEST OF TONASKET
THROUGH AUGUST HAD BURNED OVER 155,000 ACRES. A STRONG STORM NEAR
MALO PRODUCED PENNY SIZED HAIL. ALL OF THE FIRE ACTIVITY PRODUCED AN
INCREASE IN HAZY SKIES AND SMOKE FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE MONTH,
ESPECIALLY NEAR WILDFIRES. THE 22ND BROUGHT SOME OF THE HOTTEST
TEMPERATURES OF THE SUMMER WITH OMAK REACHING 105F, AND MOSES LAKE
101F.
NO RECORDS WERE SET DURING THE MONTH AT THE WENATCHEE AIRPORT.
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