Iridescent Cloud
i just stepped outside and happened to look up and see this iridescence from a contrail. .
HAPPY VALLEY, OREGON, WEATHER: NOVEMBER 2017
TEMPERATURES A steady monthly temperature pattern occurred. The Average Maximum/Minimum/Mean Temperatures for November 1st-15th vs. 16th-30th were almost exactly the same: 52.0°/42.4°/47.2° vs. 51.9°/42.4°/47.2°. The month’s warmest weather waited until Thanksgiving time when the Minimum Temperature only dropped to 54.9° on the 22nd, several degrees above the Normal Maximum Temperature for the date. This warmth was balanced just a few days prior when the Min. Temp. dropped to 33.8° on the 19th (the low for the month), the coolest temperature…
HAPPY VALLEY, OREGON, WEATHER: OCTOBER 2017
[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] TEMPERATURES It was a topsy-turvy month as the second half was actually warmer than the first half, not the usual steady decline as we move through Autumn. Splitting the month in two, the Average Max/Min/Mean Temperatures for Oct. 1st-15th vs. 16th-31st were thus: 61.7°/44.7°/53.2° vs. 61.9°/48.1°/55.0°. This was mainly due to a persistent end-of-month easterly wind that funneled in mild air through the Columbia River…
Happy Valley, Oregon, Weather – August 2017
It was a very dry and record-warm August in Happy Valley. TEMPERATURES: August started out very hot with two consecutive days exceeding 100° (2nd & 3rd), with the month’s maximum on the 2nd hitting 101.3°. Though quite hot for this area, these maximum temperatures were likely somewhat suppressed due to rather thick wildfire smoke blowing down from British Columbia and northern Washington. There were seven total days reaching ≥90°, five of which were ≥95°, including the two that exceeded 100°….