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WASHINGTON PRECIPITATION SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
900 PM PDT MON JUL 8 2019
JUNE WAS ANOTHER BELOW NORMAL MONTH FOR PRECIPITATION, BUT UNLIKE
MAY, IT WAS FOR THE ENTIRE STATE OF WASHINGTON. FOR SOME SITES
ACROSS THE STATE, JUNE 2019 WAS IN THEIR TOP TEN DRIEST FOR JUNE.
FOR THE WATER YEAR, MOST OF REGIONS IN WASHINGTON STATE WERE BELOW
NORMAL. HOWEVER, A FEW REGIONS ARE NEAR NORMAL FOR THE WATER YEAR,
WHICH ARE THE NORTHWEST INTERIOR ON THE WEST SIDE, AND THE CENTRAL
BASIN AND PALOUSE AND BLUE MOUNTAINS REGIONS ON THE EAST SIDE.
FOR WESTERN WASHINGTON, THE MONTHLY PERCENTAGE OF NORMAL FOR
PRECIPITATION RANGED FROM 32 PERCENT ON THE COAST TO 69 PERCENT IN
THE NORTHWEST INTERIOR AND WESTERN SLOPES OF THE CASCADES. THE
GREATEST AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION AT THE CLIMATE STATIONS FOR THE
MOUNTAINS, COAST AND INTERIOR LOWLANDS WAS 3.94 INCHES AT PALMER ON
THE WESTERN FOOTHILLS OF THE CASCADES, 0.99 AT QUILLAYUTE, AND 2.37
INCHES AT SEDRO WOOLLEY IN THE NORTHWEST INTERIOR.
FOR EASTERN WASHINGTON, THE PERCENTAGE OF NORMAL FOR PRECIPITATION
RANGED FROM 13 PERCENT IN THE OKANOGAN REGION TO 63 PERCENT IN THE
PALOUSE AND BLUE MOUNTAINS REGION. THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF
PRECIPITATION AT THE CLIMATE STATIONS FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND LOWLANDS
WAS 1.61 INCHES AT STEHEKIN ON THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE CASCADES,
AND 1.06 AT NORTHPORT IN THE NORTHEAST REGION.
THE OUTLOOK FOR JULY AND BEYOND FOR WASHINGTON STATE, FOR THE NEXT
TWO WEEKS THE OUTLOOK IS FOR ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION. THE
MONTHLY OUTLOOK FOR JULY IS FOR BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE
STATE. THE THREE MONTH OUTLOOK FOR JULY THROUGH SEPTEMBER CALLS FOR
EQUAL CHANCES OF ABOVE, BELOW OR NEAR NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE
STATE.
THE TABLE BELOW GIVES PRECIPITATION FIGURES AS A PERCENT OF NORMAL
FOR REGIONS OF WASHINGTON. THE CURRENT WATER YEAR BEGAN 1 OCTOBER
2018 AND ENDS 30 SEPTEMBER 2019.
JULY WATER YEAR PAST 3 PAST 12
2019 TO DATE MONTHS MONTHS
WESTERN WASHINGTON
COAST 32 78 59 78
OLYMPICS 39 77 61 78
NORTHWEST INTERIOR 69 90 92 89
PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS 33 78 65 79
SOUTHWEST INTERIOR 51 74 74 73
WEST FOOTHILLS CASCA 66 80 84 80
CASCADES WEST 69 83 89 83
EASTERN WASHINGTON
EAST SLOPES CASCADES 62 84 104 80
OKANOGAN 13 83 82 74
CENTRAL BASIN 31 102 94 92
NORTHEAST 39 84 63 76
PALOUSE AND BLUE MTN 63 110 158 95
THE TABLE BELOW EXPRESSES PRECIPITATION IN INCHES AND AS A PERCENT OF
NORMAL FOR A VARIETY OF LOCATIONS AROUND THE STATE. OCCASIONALLY
MISSING DATA AT A SITE ARE ESTIMATED USING OBSERVED DATA FROM
SURROUNDING STATIONS.
JULY WATER YEAR PAST 12 MONTHS
INCHES PCT INCHES PCT INCHES PCT
QUILLAYUTE 0.99 28 76.56 84 84.60 89
HOQUIAM 0.74 33 47.61 76 50.05 77
BELLINGHAM 1.54 84 26.74 86 29.17 87
SEATTLE 0.90 57 30.15 88 31.44 86
OLYMPIA 0.17 10 32.91 70 35.21 72
LONGVIEW* 1.16 51 31.84 72 34.93 75
CONCRETE 1.87 63 50.15 78 55.31 81
SNOQUALMIE FALL 2.40 82 42.70 76 47.26 81
RANDLE* 1.95 66 41.46 80 45.47 83
DIABLO DAM 1.50 62 57.03 80 62.90 84
STAMPEDE PASS 2.20 64 59.07 80 62.46 81
PARADISE 2.90 71 98.07 89 106.50 92
WINTHROP 0.38 32 10.72 82 11.12 79
STEHEKIN 1.61 185 31.70 93 33.11 92
LEAVENWORTH* 0.66 62 20.84 89 20.94 85
MOUNT ADAMS 0.04 3 37.15 85 38.05 84
WENATCHEE 0.43 65 6.72 81 6.73 75
YAKIMA 0.02 3 8.08 109 8.09 104
COULEE DAM 0.03 3 8.89 94 8.98 85
LIND 0.20 33 8.00 92 8.06 83
REPUBLIC 0.70 36 12.14 87 13.39 91
SPOKANE 0.44 35 14.34 98 14.42 90
PULLMAN 0.89 137 18.16 117 18.55 98
DAYTON 0.50 39 17.73 102 17.88 99
* = ESTIMATED
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