Temperatures overnight dipped to zero for first time since 2014

Temperatures overnight in Spokane hit zero for the first time in more than two years.

The Spokane International Airport saw a low temperature of zero Thursday night, with Felts Field hovering around 10 degrees and sinking to about 6 degrees by 8 a.m.

It hadn’t been that cold in Spokane since Feb. 6, 2014.

Temperatures are expected to plunge Friday as an arctic cold front moves into the Inland Northwest, bringing light winds and the occasional flurry of snow.

Jeremy Wolf, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service, said temperatures are expected to reach highs of 10 to 12 degrees Friday afternoon, with some fog and a light wind blowing to the northeast at 10 to 15 mph. The wind chill effect will be a biting 0 degrees throughout the day.

At night, temperatures could dip as low as -4 degrees at the Spokane airport, Wolf said. The snowfall Friday is expected to be negligible.

“The true push of cold air has been in the Okanogan Valley and the Moses Lake area,” where the same arctic front has brought stronger winds and patchy snow, Wolf said.