Activities
EASTERN WASHINGTON
STATION: SPOKANE
Month |
Temperature, in degrees Fahrenheit |
Precipitation in inches |
Number of days— |
Prevailing direction of the wind |
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Mean |
Highest |
Date |
Lowest |
Date |
Total |
Snow- |
Clear |
Partly cloudy |
Cloudy |
With precip- |
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January |
24.5 |
55 |
1893 |
-30 |
1888 |
2.54 |
9.4 |
4 |
4 |
23 |
14 |
S |
February |
28.5 |
59 |
1896 |
-23 |
1890 |
2.02 |
8.1 |
4 |
7 |
17 |
13 |
E & SW |
March |
39.7 |
72 |
1889 |
-10 |
1891 |
1.40 |
3.0 |
7 |
8 |
16 |
12 |
S |
April |
48.0 |
86 |
1890 |
22 |
1890 |
1.38 |
0.2 |
6 |
10 |
14 |
9 |
S & SW |
May |
57.0 |
95 |
1897 |
29 |
1905 |
1.39 |
T |
6 |
10 |
15 |
10 |
S |
June |
62.4 |
96 |
1896 |
34 |
1891 |
1.67 |
T |
9 |
12 |
10 |
9 |
SW |
July |
69.0 |
102 |
1890 |
39 |
1893 |
0.71 |
0 |
15 |
8 |
8 |
5 |
SW |
August |
69.0 |
104 |
1898 |
40 |
1902 |
0.46 |
0 |
17 |
8 |
6 |
5 |
S |
September |
58.1 |
98 |
1888 |
26 |
1889 |
1.04 |
0 |
12 |
7 |
11 |
7 |
NE |
October |
48.0 |
86 |
1892 |
12 |
1887 |
1.39 |
T |
8 |
9 |
14 |
7 |
NE |
November |
37.8 |
70 |
1903 |
-13 |
1896 |
1.67 |
2.9 |
1 |
5 |
24 |
15 |
S |
December |
31.3 |
57 |
1886 |
-18 |
1884 |
2.56 |
4.9 |
3 |
4 |
24 |
13 |
SW |
Sums |
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18.23 |
29.4 |
7 |
8 |
15 |
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- This graph represents the climate and temperature of what area?
- How many years are represented on this graph?
- What is the coldest temperature recorded for this time period? When?
- What is the warmest temperature recorded for this time period?
- In which months was there no snowfall?
- What inference can you make about the general direction of the wind?
- In what year would you have wanted to live in Spokane in the summer? Why?
- In what year would you have wanted to live in Spokane in the winter? Why?
- When does the highest and lowest temperature occur for the same month? What year?
- What information could be added to this graph that make it easier to understand?