Thunderstorm season is upon us
Randy Mann.
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April has arrived, and we’ve already had one thunderstorm in the Coeur d’Alene area, which occurred March 27. Although we do get our share of thunder, lightning, hail and even a rare tornado, the severity of these storms does not compare to the ones seen east of the Rockies, especially in the Great Plains and the Midwest’s "Tornado Alley."
Here in North Idaho, the average number of days with thunderstorms, which include thunder, lightning and rain, across the lower elevations is 14 (one in April, two in May, five in June, two in July, two in August and one in September and October). When you include days with thunder with little or no rain, the average number of days goes up to 25. The normal number of severe weather days in the Inland Northwest for an entire year is slightly less than one.
Thanks to the effects of the rapidly weakening warmer El Niño sea-surface temperature event, the number of thunderstorms expected in Coeur d’Alene and surrounding regions is a little lower than average. Cliff and I are projecting a total of 10 days with thunderstorm activity.
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