Though June ended in a storm, July will be hot and dry, weather service forecasts
Weather-wise, June went out with a bang. Though Sunday’s deluge drenched Downtown Spokane on the second day of Hoopfest and then dazzled with a double rainbow over the region, June was much drier than historic averages. July will remain seasonably dry and hot, the National Weather Service predicts. A total of .58 inches of rain fell at the Spokane airport, half the monthly average of 1.17 inches at that measuring site. There was significant variance in rainfall between sites; the weather service’s office located north of Airway Heights measured 0.96...