Icy weekend brings record lows across the region

PULLMAN – The region has been hit with some very cold temperatures over the past week, and record lows came into play during the weekend of Jan. 13 and 14.

Folks in Pullman were hit with record low temperatures, as readings showed a low temp of -19 degrees on Jan. 13, which broke the old record of -10 degrees set in 1909. Saturday’s windchill was a drafty -32.

Colfax was also registering a windchill of -32.

It got even colder there on Sunday, as Pullman dropped to -21 on Jan. 14, which crushed the old record of -7 set in 1930

No direct numbers were available for Cheney, but on Saturday, Jan. 13, Spokane hit a low of -7 degrees which tied the record low set in 1949. The wind chill at Spokane International Airport was down to -26, and Felts Field showed a wind chill of -21 degrees.

Our coldest neighboring community was Deer Park, as they woke up to a wind chill of -41 degrees on Jan. 13.

This deep freeze led to a number of people and businesses dealing with frozen or burst water lines.

According to the National Weather Service in Spokane, they don’t get numbers for all of the communities in the region.