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CXUS56 KOTX 240810  
CLMGEG  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA  
110 AM PDT MON AUG 24 2026  
   
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...THE SPOKANE WA AIRPORT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JULY 2026...  
 
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020  
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1881 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 108 07/26/1928  
LOW 37 07/08/1981  
HIGHEST 96 07/22 MM MM 97 07/13  
07/23  
07/30  
LOWEST 48 07/02 MM MM 55 07/16  
AVG. MAXIMUM 87.1 84.4 2.7 85.9  
AVG. MINIMUM 60.3 57.6 2.7 61.0  
MEAN 73.7 71.0 2.7 73.5  
DAYS MAX >= 90 9 9.4 -0.4 9  
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 2.37 1909  
MINIMUM 0.00 1883  
TOTALS T 0.42 -0.42 0.07  
DAILY AVG. T 0.01 -0.01 0.00  
DAYS >= .01 0 4.0 -4.0 2  
DAYS >= .10 0 1.5 -1.5 0  
DAYS >= .50 0 0.1 -0.1 0  
DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.0 0.0 0  
GREATEST  
24 HR. TOTAL T 07/14 TO 07/14 0.05  
07/16 TO 07/16  
07/17 TO 07/17  
 
SNOWFALL (INCHES)  
RECORDS  
TOTAL T MM  
TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0  
SINCE 7/1 0.0 0.0 0.0 MM  
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0  
DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0  
GREATEST  
SNOW DEPTH 0 0 MM  
24 HR TOTAL MM MM  
 
DEGREE DAYS  
HEATING TOTAL 6 26 -20 1  
SINCE 7/1 6 22 -16 MM  
COOLING TOTAL 284 212 72 270  
SINCE 1/1 361 279 82 MM    
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WIND (MPH)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.1  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 32/250 DATE 07/25  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 39/240 DATE 07/25  
 
SKY COVER  
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.44  
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 10  
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 21  
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 0  
 
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 37  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH  
THUNDERSTORM 3 MIXED PRECIP 0  
HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 0  
LIGHT RAIN 4 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 14  
 
- 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 NORTHEAST WASHINGTON INTO THE NORTH IDAHO  
PANHANDLE. THERE WERE SEVERAL ROUNDS OF DRY AND BREEZY WINDS WHICH  
ALLOWED SEVERAL REGIONAL WILDFIRES ACROSS WASHINGTON AND OREGON TO  
GROW FOLLOWING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE 15TH THROUGH THE  
17TH. MORNING THUNDERSTORMS ALSO OCCURRED ON THE 8TH FROM CHEWELAH  
TO IONE TO PRIEST LAKE WHICH STARTED THE UPPER SMITH FIRE, 6 MILES  
WEST OF PORTHILL. THE LARGEST FIRE IN NORTHEAST WASHINGTON WAS THE  
MODRITE FIRE WHICH BURNED 57,594 ACRES. SEVERAL DAYS OF SMOKE AND  
HAZE OCCURRED FOLLOWING THE FIRE STARTS FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE  
MONTH.  
 
NO RECORDS WERE BROKE DURING THE MONTH AT THE SPOKANE AIRPORT.  
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