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Bitter cold weather reported throughout Inland Northwest

SPOKANE, Wash. - How cold is it?  Cold enough for pipes to freeze, windows to frost, and cold enough for the City to open its warming centers for the homeless.

Officially, temperatures dipped to -4 at Spokane International Airport, -8 at Fairchild Air Force Base, and -10 at Deer Park.  In North Idaho, it was even colder: -11 in Sandpoint.

Temperatures are expected to be only 2 to 3 degrees warmer overnight Friday.  The current cold snap probably won't end until Tuesday, when high temperatures are expected to rise to about 27 degrees, with lows in the high single digits to low teens.

While official records show extremely cold weather, many thermometers outside people's homes and businesses reported even lower temperatures.

A viewer near St. Maries reported a temperature reading of -22 at 6 a.m. Friday.  The same temperature was reported by someone living in Bovill, Idaho as well.

The temperature on 5 Mile Prairie in north Spokane was reported to be -5 shortly before 6 a.m., and -3 a couple of miles south in the Shadle Park area.

Cold temperatures were also reported in the Sandpoint area.  Officially, the National Weather Service said it was -11, but someone reported seeing -14 on their thermometer on the outskirts of town.

City

Viewer Report

9 Mile Falls -9
St. Maries, ID -22
Bovill, ID -22
North Spokane -3
Nezperce -9
5 Mile (Spokane) -5
Blanchard, ID -12
Sandpoint -14
Santa, ID -7
St. Maries -7

City

Official Low

Spokane Intl. Airport -4
Spokane Felts Field -4
Fairchild Air Force Base -8
Coeur d'Alene -9
Sandpoint -11
St. Maries -14
Bonners Ferry -7
Republic -12
Colville -3
Deer Park -10
Pullman -5


 

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Weather Forecast

Today's Forecast

Today's Forecast Image
  • 84°
  • 53°

Labor Day weekend weather: One day that's the best...and then there's the rest.

Tonight: higher-based clouds drift through with light winds and low temperatures in the upper 40's.

Friday: Savor days like this! Sunny with high temperatures in the mid 80's around Spokane and 90° in the Basin…High School football players and fans score a beautiful, warm evening.

Weekend Outlook:

Saturday: Sunny day and slightly cooler at 77°…A windy afternoon and evening with Southwest winds gusting 25-30mph picking up dust and buffeting drivers (including the golfing variety) …gusts over open water lakes will also make for tough boating and fishing conditions.

Sunday and Monday: Partly to mostly cloudy with highs down into the mid 60's. Scattered showers are likely Sunday afternoon into Monday morning with mountain T-storms. Campers venturing into the Idaho Panhandle Mountains should prepare for periods of stormy wet weather Sunday evening through Monday.

FYI: Expect cloudy skies and intermittent sprinkles for Seattle's  "Bumbershoot" arts & music festival Sat-Mon. Dave

5-Day Forecast: Spokane

Friday
Friday's Forecast Image
  • 84°
  • 53°

Sunny, Warmer

Saturday
Saturday's Forecast Image
  • 77°
  • 56°

Windy

Sunday
Sunday's Forecast Image
  • 63°
  • 47°

Showers, Mtn T-Storms

Monday
Monday's Forecast Image
  • 66°
  • 43°

Partly Cloudy, Mtn T-Storms

Tuesday
Tuesday's Forecast Image
  • 72°
  • 46°

Partly Cloudy

Currently in Spokane as of

  • 59° (Feels like 59°)
  • Partly Cloudy
  • Wind: NE @ 5 mph
  • Barometer: 30.13 in.
  • Sunrise: 06:11
  • Sunset: 19:26
  • Humidity: 53%
  • Visibility: 10.00 mi.

5-Day Forecast: Spokane

Friday
Friday's Forecast Image
  • 86°
  • 46°

Partly Cloudy

Saturday
Saturday's Forecast Image
  • 79°
  • 52°

Partly Cloudy

Sunday
Sunday's Forecast Image
  • 66°
  • 47°

Cloudy

Monday
Monday's Forecast Image
  • 67°
  • 42°

Partly Cloudy

Tuesday
Tuesday's Forecast Image
  • 76°
  • 41°

Partly Cloudy

Currently in Felts Field as of

  • 55° (Feels like 55°)
  • Clear
  • Wind: CM @ 0 mph
  • Barometer: 30.13 in.
  • Sunrise: 06:10
  • Sunset: 19:26
  • Humidity: 64%
  • Visibility: 10.00 mi.

5-Day Forecast: Deer Park

Friday
Friday's Forecast Image
  • 84°
  • 41°

Partly Cloudy

Saturday
Saturday's Forecast Image
  • 78°
  • 44°

Partly Cloudy

Sunday
Sunday's Forecast Image
  • 64°
  • 36°

Cloudy

Monday
Monday's Forecast Image
  • 65°
  • 32°

Partly Cloudy

Tuesday
Tuesday's Forecast Image
  • 74°
  • 31°

Partly Cloudy

Currently in Deer Park as of

  • 57° (Feels like 55°)
  • Clear
  • Wind: NNE @ 8 mph
  • Barometer: 30.15 in.
  • Sunrise: 06:10
  • Sunset: 19:26
  • Humidity: 57%
  • Visibility: 10.00 mi.

5-Day Forecast: Coeur D'Alene

Friday
Friday's Forecast Image
  • 83°
  • 45°

Partly Cloudy

Saturday
Saturday's Forecast Image
  • 78°
  • 50°

Partly Cloudy

Sunday
Sunday's Forecast Image
  • 63°
  • 44°

Cloudy

Monday
Monday's Forecast Image
  • 64°
  • 40°

Partly Cloudy

Tuesday
Tuesday's Forecast Image
  • 73°
  • 39°

Partly Cloudy

Currently in Coeur D'Alene as of

  • 52° (Feels like 49°)
  • Clear
  • Wind: E @ 8 mph
  • Barometer: 30.16 in.
  • Sunrise: 06:08
  • Sunset: 19:24
  • Humidity: 71%
  • Visibility: 10.00 mi.

5-Day Forecast: Fairchild Air Force Base

Friday
Friday's Forecast Image
  • 82°
  • 50°

Partly Cloudy

Saturday
Saturday's Forecast Image
  • 74°
  • 52°

Partly Cloudy

Sunday
Sunday's Forecast Image
  • 64°
  • 43°

Cloudy

Monday
Monday's Forecast Image
  • 65°
  • 40°

Partly Cloudy

Tuesday
Tuesday's Forecast Image
  • 73°
  • 43°

Partly Cloudy

Currently in Fairchild Air Force Base as of

  • 60° (Feels like 58°)
  • Clear
  • Wind: NE @ 9 mph
  • Barometer: 30.14 in.
  • Sunrise: 06:12
  • Sunset: 19:27
  • Humidity: 51%
  • Visibility: 10.00 mi.

5-Day Forecast: Pullman

Friday
Friday's Forecast Image
  • 85°
  • 48°

Partly Cloudy

Saturday
Saturday's Forecast Image
  • 78°
  • 50°

Partly Cloudy

Sunday
Sunday's Forecast Image
  • 63°
  • 41°

Partly Cloudy

Monday
Monday's Forecast Image
  • 66°
  • 40°

Clear

Tuesday
Tuesday's Forecast Image
  • 75°
  • 40°

Partly Cloudy

Currently in Pullman as of

  • 58° (Feels like 58°)
  • Clear
  • Wind: ENE @ 5 mph
  • Barometer: 30.13 in.
  • Sunrise: 06:11
  • Sunset: 19:24
  • Humidity: 47%
  • Visibility: 10.00 mi.
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