Bellevue, Washington

... Record low temperature set at Seattle WA WFO...

A record low temperature of 21 degrees was set at Seattle WA WFO
yesterday. This breaks the old record of 29 set in 1995.

... Precipitation summary for Washington for the month of November...


Rainfall in Washington during the month of November was much above

Normal for the west side of the state a below to much below normal

For the east side.


November 2009 was a wet and wild one for western Washington with

Some sites breaking into their top ten wettest novembers... and a

Couple into their top ten wettest months of all time. November 2009

Reached the number 2 spot for wettest November at both Quillayute

And Hoquiam. Sea-tac managed to tie their number Ten Spot by getting

Exactly 0.20 inches of precipitation on the 30th. The Seattle WFO at

Sanpoint reached number 4 for their wettest November.


For western Washington... the percentage of normal precipitation

Ranged from 118 for the Cascades to 201 for the Olympics. The

Greatest amount of precipitation recorded at climate stations for the

Mountains and foothills... coasts... and interior lowlands was 39.15

Inches at Hoh rs... 26.55 inches at Quillayute... and 12.13 inches at

Centralia respectively.


For eastern Washington... the percentage of normal precipitation

Ranged widely from 43 for the Central Basin to 87 for the North East

Region. The greatest amount of precipitation recorded at climate

Stations for the mountains and foothills and The Lowlands was 9.23

Inches at Mt Adams and 4.08 inches at Newport respectively.


The outlook for December and beyond... the outlook for the next two

Weeks is for above normal precipitation. The outlook for all of

December is for equal chances of above... below... or normal

Precipitation. The outlook for December through February is for

Greater chances of below normal precipitation.



The Table below gives precipitation figures as a percent of normal

For regions of Washington. The current water year began 1 October

2009 and ended 30 September 2010.


                             Nov water year past 3 past 12

                             2009 to date months months

Western Washington

coast 178 167 156 98

Olympics 201 180 173 90

northwest interior 131 161 151 110

Puget Sound lowlands 148 152 145 101

southwest interior 122 125 121 94

west foothills Cascades 130 142 136 104

Cascades 118 129 125 101


Eastern Washington

east slopes Cascades 83 113 111 88

Okanogan 50 102 91 68

Central Basin 43 92 85 86

northeast 87 117 105 94

Palouse and Blue Mountains 71 94 78 121




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.


                    Nov 2009 water year to date past 12 months

                   inches pct inches pct inches pct


Quillayute 26.55 179 38.82 158 92.37 91

Hoquiam 18.53 180 28.62 174 68.03 99

Bellingham 6.97 125 13.92 163 36.65 105

Seattle 8.96 152 14.50 160 39.79 107

Olympia 10.08 124 15.40 125 47.94 94

Longview 7.88 106 11.32 101 46.92 95


Concrete 16.51 145 30.04 171 80.65 113

Snoqualmie Falls 13.19 140 21.70 148 63.17 103

Glenoma 12.41 130 20.63 142 68.65 113

Diablo dam 18.56 129 30.07 138 78.43 99

Stampede Pass 12.66 99 22.25 115 85.71 102

Paradise* 22.55 118 36.72 133 119.93 100


Winthrop* 0.68 34 2.85 98 11.70 78

Stehekin 7.00 108 12.94 137 36.30 100

Leavenworth* 3.56 83 6.71 112 22.87 91

Mount Adams 9.23 128 12.25 118 35.51 82

Wenatchee 0.76 56 1.98 107 7.16 79

Yakima 0.55 52 1.44 91 6.83 83


Coulee Dam 0.87 66 2.10 109 7.73 69

Lind* 0.57 43 2.02 97 8.67 87

Republic 1.25 73 3.26 126 17.97 107

Spokane 1.31 58 3.62 110 17.30 104

Pullman 1.77 63 3.85 89 23.01 110

Dayton 1.75 66 3.98 95 23.97 124