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Month: August 2017

The Solar Eclipse and the Temperature

The Solar Eclipse and the Temperature

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Now that the great U.S. Solar Eclipse has passed through, it was interesting to see the temperature change during the event. Under fully clear skies, the eclipse began around 9:05 A.M. in Happy Valley, Oregon. The temperature on my Davis Vantage Pro2 (VP2) station stopped its typical morning rise and began leveling off at around 9:15 A.M., peaked at 66.5°F just before 10:00 A.M., then began dropping. Happy Valley saw 99.6% of totality, occurring around 10:18 A.M., and the temperature continued…

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Happy Valley, Oregon, Weather – July 2017

Happy Valley, Oregon, Weather – July 2017

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[contact-form][contact-field label=”Name” type=”name” required=”true” /][contact-field label=”Email” type=”email” required=”true” /][contact-field label=”Website” type=”url” /][contact-field label=”Message” type=”textarea” /][/contact-form] It was an amazingly sunny, dry month as 26 clear days and 5 partly cloudy days were observed. Fog occurred only on the 1st of the month when a Trace of drizzle was observed, the only precipitation during the entire month. PRECIPITATION: The dry streak that began on June 17th continued through July. As of July 31st, the consecutive-days streak without measurable precipitation had reached…

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