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CXUS56 KOTX 021843
CLMGEG
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1143 AM PDT WED SEP 02 2026
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...THE SPOKANE WA AIRPORT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 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 08/04/1961
08/04/1928
LOW 35 08/29/1965
08/31/1964
HIGHEST 97 08/21 MM MM 96 08/25
LOWEST 48 08/30 MM MM 50 08/08
AVG. MAXIMUM 85.1 83.8 1.3 85.8
AVG. MINIMUM 58.5 56.7 1.8 61.3
MEAN 71.8 70.3 1.5 73.5
DAYS MAX >= 90 8 8.3 -0.3 10
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 2.12 1923
MINIMUM T 2022
TOTALS TR 0.47 -0.47 0.06
DAILY AVG. T 0.02 -0.02 0.00
DAYS >= .01 0 3.2 -3.2 2
DAYS >= .10 0 1.3 -1.3 0
DAYS >= .50 0 0.2 -0.2 0
DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.0 0.0 0
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL T 08/29 TO 08/29 0.05
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 0.0 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 14 28 -14 0
SINCE 7/1 20 52 -32 MM
COOLING TOTAL 231 190 41 274
SINCE 1/1 592 469 123 MM
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.3
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 35/250 DATE 08/01
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 46/240 DATE 08/01
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.49
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 8
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 22
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 1
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 36
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 1 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 0
LIGHT RAIN 2 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 20
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
AUGUST 2026 BROUGHT SLIGHTLY WARMER AND MUCH DRIER THAN NORMAL
CONDITIONS TO NORTHEAST WASHINGTON INTO THE NORTH IDAHO PANHANDLE.
SPOKANE AIRPORT ONLY RECEIVED A TRACE OF RAIN FOR THE MONTH. THIS
TIED FOR THE DRIEST AUGUST ON RECORD WITH 10 OTHER OCCURRENCES WITH
A TRACE SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1881. THE MONTH STARTED WITH EXTREME
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS DUE TO VERY DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS
ASSOCIATED WITH A STRONG DRY COLD FRONT PASSAGE. SEVERAL NEW LARGE
FIRES OCCURRED INCLUDING THE SPOKANE COMPLEX FIRES THAT BURNED
HUNDREDS OF HOMES IN NORTHWEST SPOKANE. A PEAK WIND GUST OF 46 MPH
WAS MEASURED AT THE SPOKANE AIRPORT. SEVERAL DAYS OF REDUCED AIR
QUALITY FROM THE WILDFIRE SMOKE FOLLOWED ACROSS THE REGION. ON THE
12TH AND 13TH THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN.
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED NEAR COULEE CITY AND TRACKED NORTHEAST
THROUGH WILBUR, HUNTERS, CHEWELAH, ADDY, PRIEST LAKE, AND BONNERS
FERRY. ADDY PICKED UP 1.14 INCHES OF RAIN, WHILE 0.80 INCHES WAS
MEASURED 15 MILES NORTH OF DAVENPORT. DESPITE SOME LOCALLY HEAVY
DOWNPOURS, SEVERAL NEW FIRE STARTS OCCURRED FROM THE LIGHTNING.
ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRED LATE ON THE 22ND INTO THE
23RD ACROSS NORTHEAST WASHINGTON. A STRONG STORM NEAR ADDY PRODUCED
NICKEL SIZED HAIL.
NO DAILY RECORDS WERE SET DURING THE MONTH AT THE SPOKANE AIRPORT.
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