It has been an amazing month in Spokane. They have broken their record for most snowfall in ANY month.
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1240 AM PST THU JAN 01 2009
…DECEMBER 2008 SNOWIEST MONTH ON RECORD FOR SPOKANE…
AS OF DECEMBER 31TH AT MIDNIGHT…THE MONTHLY SNOW TOTAL FOR THE
SPOKANE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WAS 61.5 INCHES. THIS SNOW TOTAL RANKS
FIRST ON THE LIST OF SNOW TOTALS FOR ANY MONTH AND BREAKS THE PREVIOUS
RECORD OF 56.9 INCHES SET IN JANUARY OF 1950. SNOWFALL RECORDS HAVE
BEEN KEPT IN SPOKANE SINCE 1893.
THE TOP FIVE MONTHLY SNOW TOTALS FOR SPOKANE ARE…
1. DEC 2008 61.5 INCHES
2. JAN 1950 56.9 INCHES
3. JAN 1969 48.7 INCHES
4. JAN 1954 46.5 INCHES
5. DEC 1996 42.7 INCHES
Our Michelle Miklik forwarded these pictures from friends in Spokane…
